What is Ocean Tactics ?
OCEAN TACTICS - Passage Weather Tactics, Departure Planning, and Passage Management Strategies for Offshore and Planning for Coastal Passages. This is a paid weather service, discounted for C&OC Intl. members.
Ocean Tactics weather service is available for any vessel, power or sail, mono or multi of 12m minimum and up to 25m in length. Vessels should also be capable of a 150nm per day average if required for safety.
Ocean Passages
Passage Tactics - This allows us to get to know you and your vessel and is a necessary part of all Ocean Tactics engagements. During the lead up to the passage we’ll discus Comfort Levels for Wind and Wave, Vessel Characteristics and Conditions to expect on passage.
Passage Tactics also includes discussion briefings via WhatsApp just prior to departure to give you a full understanding of what to expect and detail factors that may influence your tactics on passage.
Once a suitable passage departure date has been agreed we will run a full weather routing for the passage including Wave, Current, CAPE and Gust forecasts with the latest information prior to departure.
Departure Planning - We work with you to pick the best weather window for any specified passage based on your personal perameters and that of the vessel as per the answers to the questions below.
Passage Management - Possibly the most important service for a safe and comfortable passage. This service makes sure you put the vessel in the right place to best take advantage of the weather thats coming as the passage proceeds. Updates are sent via email and WhatApp or other by arrangeement.
Daily Reporting - This is an important part of the input for accurate routing. All vessels are required to submit a daily Position and Conditions report, usually between 07:00 and 08:00 NZST. This allows us to build a picture of actual conditions in the region.
Coastal Passages and Cruising a Region
Depending on the passage, Getting to know you and your boat is still an important part of the service. Departure planning is a major part of the success of any cruise, whither it's a long coastal passage or cruising slowly through an Arcipeligo or cruising region.
Ocean Tactics provides a discount for several Clubs and Associations, see below.
Single Passage- One Fee* covers all for our Offshore Weather Service as detailed above $347USD (Retail) for a single passage upto 3,000nm. $250USD for C&OC Members and $297USD for associated club members. Please enter your club Promo Code below to recieve your Discount.
For Coastal and Region Cruising let us taylor a service for you.
Making more than one passage in a cruising season?
One Fee* covers all of our Offshore Weather Services as detailed above, Departure Planning and Passage Management.
Single Passage Routing - $250USD for C&OC members $297USD for other associated club members ($347USD, non members). for a single passage, up to 3000nm, longer passages, trans equatorial and out of season routing, by negotiation.
Making more than one passage in one cruising season? Then our Season Pass** may benefit your needs.
Pacific Season Pass $550USD for C&OC and Ocean Posse members. $597USD for other associated club members ($650USD, non member)***
Australia - West (SE Asia and Indian Ocean) US$650 C&OC Members. Other Clubs US$695 and US$750 for non affiliated members
** Season Pass- One cruising Season.
In the South Pacific, usually the period from March to the end of October From French Polynesia West or from the beginning of February for vessels departing Panama.
For Australia West, from May through to end of September.
*** For Passages both Coastal and Offshore in the Pacific, SE Asia and Indian Ocean up to 3,000nm. ****Fair use principals apply.
Costing for longer passages, trans equatorial and out of season routing, by negotiation.
Proposed weather routing during Cyclone/ Hurricane periods is at the discretion of Ocean Tactics and may incur an extra charge.
****Up to 3 Offshore and 3 Coastal Routes. See signup form for full disclosure statement.
(2x Coastal Routes can be traded for 1x Offshore)
PredictWind (Preferred) or other Tracking is a condition of service.
On completion of of the form below, you'll receive an invoce for payment via our Secure Payment Portal, Stripe, based on your choices. Input your Club Promo Code to recieve your clubs discount.
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Ocean Tactics is a Trading Name of 3sixty Marine Ltd.
* For passages in the Pacific & SE Asia upto 3,000nm other passages by negotiation.
** For Passages both Coastal and Offshore in the Pacific & SE Asia upto 3,000nm. Fair use pricipals apply. A total of 3 x Ocean and 3 x Coastal Routings in one Cruising Season. See Conditions of Service below.
An Example - The Season Pass*** would cover passages from Panama to FP to Tonga/ Fiji then NZ. Routes through FP from Marquesas to Tuamotus, Society and Leeward Islands are regarded as coastal.****Cusp, out of Season or trans equitorial routing at our discretion and may incur a premium.
The Southern Cruising Season in the Pacific is regarded as late March/April and early May to end of October. ****March from Panama west, May from French Polynesia West and New Zealand/ Australia to the Pacific.
****Definitions.
Cusp - Passages from from Panama early February to March. Ocean Passages to the Western Pacific Islands from NZ and AU prior to May 1st are not advised. End of season Cusp, November.
Transequitorial - Passages crossing the ITCZ
Out of Season - Western Pacific, 1st December to 30th April.