In PBO 462 we compare instant forecasts sent to your mobile phone by text message. There’s no need to sign-up, simply text the provider with a code for your preferred area and they’ll text you back with a forecast. For more details see the magazine (p29). Here are the codes for Metmarine and Marinecall:

Met Marine
Text MET then area code (eg MET 06) and send to 80160. Cost = £1.50 per text, £3 maximum.

English Channel
Cap de La Hague to Penmarc’h 22
Baie de Somme to Cap de La Hague 50
Belgium border to Cap de La Hague
Including Dover and Kent Coast 80

Atlantic Coast of France
Anse de L’Aiguillon to Spanish Border 40
Anse de L’Aiguillon to Penmarc’h 85

Mediterranean (North)
Cote D’Azur (Menton to St Raphael) 06
Port Camargue to St Raphael 13
Camargue to the Spanish Border 34
Corsica 02

Large Area Forecasts
Mediterranean 200
English Channel and Atlantic 300
North Sea 400
Wave Heights – Mediterranean 500
List of codes 000

For more details click on http://www.metmarine.com


Marinecall
Text MC plus the name of your preferred inshore location (eg MC Amble) to 83141. Texts cost 25p.

Aberdeen
Abersoch
Aberystwyth Marina
Aldeburgh (River Ore)
Allington Marina (River Medway)
Amble
Anvil Point
Ardfern Yacht Centre
Ardrossan Marina
Bardsey Island
Beachy Head
Beaumaris (Menai Strait)
Bembridge Harbour (Isle of Wight)
Berthon Lymington Marina
Berwick
Birdham Pool
Blyth
Boston Marina (The Wash)
Bradwell Marina
Bridlington
Brightlingsea
Brighton Marina
Bristol Floating Harbour
Brixham Marina
Buckler’s Hard
Burnham Yacht Harbour (River Crouch)
Burntisland (Firth of Forth)
Burrow Head
Caernarfon Marina (Menai Strait)
Campbeltown
Chatham Marina (River Medway)
Chichester Marina
Christchurch Harbour
Cobb’s Quay Marina (Poole)
Conwy Marina
Corpach
Cowes Yacht Haven (Isle of Wight)
Craobh Marina
Cromer
Cuxton Marina (River Medway)
Dart Marina
Darthaven Marina
Dover Marina
Duncansby Head
Dundee (River Tay)
Dungeness
Dunstaffnage Yacht Haven
East Cowes Marina (Isle of Wight)
East Loch Tarbert
Emsworth Yacht Harbour (Chichester Harbour)
Essex Marina (River Crouch)
Exmouth
Eyemouth
Falmouth Yacht Marina
Flamborough Head
Fowey Harbour
Fox’s Marina (River Orwell)
Gillingham Marina (River Medway)
Glasson Dock
Gosport Marina
Granton (Firth of Forth)
Great Yarmouth
Grimsby Marina (River Humber)
Hamble Point Marina (River Hamble)
Hartlepool Marina
Haslar Marina
Helford River
Holy Island
Holyhead
Hoo Marina (River Medway)
Hull Marina (River Humber)
Hythe Marina
Inverness
Iona
Ipswich Marina (River Orwell)
Island Harbour Marina (Isle of Wight)
King’s Lynn (The Wash)
Kip Marina
Kirkcudbright
Lamlash
Landguard Point (Harwich)
Largs Marina
Littlehampton Harbour
Liverpool Marina
Lizard Point
Longships
Lossiemouth
Lowestoft
Lyme Regis
Lymington Yacht Haven
Maryport
Mayflower Marina (Plymouth)
Medway Bridge Marina (River Medway)
Mercury Yacht Harbour (River Hamble)
Milford Dock Marina (Milford Haven)
Montrose
Moody’s Swanick Marina (River Hamble)
Mull of Kintyre
Needles Fairway
Newhaven Marina
Newton Ferrers
Neyland Marina (Milford Haven)
North Foreland
Northney Marina (Chichester Harbour)
Oban
Ocean Village (Southampton)
Orford Ness
Padstow
Penarth Marina (Cardiff)
Penzance
Peterhead
Plymouth Yacht Haven
Poole Town Quay
Port Dinorwic (Menai Strait)
Port Edgar (Firth of Forth)
Port Hamble (River Hamble)
Port Medway Marina (River Medway)
Port Solent Maria (Portsmouth)
Portishead Marina (Avonmouth)
Portland Bill
Portpatrick
Preston Marina
Pwllheli Marina
Queen Anne’s Battery Marina (Plymouth)
Queenborough (Isle of Sheppey)
Ramsgate
Rattray Head
Rhu Marina
Royal Quays Marina (River Tyne)
Ryde Leisure Harbour (Isle of Wight)
Rye Harbour
Salcombe Harbour
Salterns Marina (Poole)
Selsey Bill
Shamrock Quay Harbour (Southampton)
Shoreham Harbour
Shotley Point Marina (River Stour)
South Bishop
Southend
Southsea Marina
Southwold
Sovereign Harbour (Eastbourne)
Sparks Yacht Harbour (Hayling Island)
Spurn Head
St Abbs Head
St Peter’s Marina (River Tyne)
St. Catherines Points (Isle of Wight)
Start Point
Stonehaven
Suffolk Yacht Harbour (River Orwell)
Sunderland Marina
Sutton Harbour Marina (Plymouth)
Swansea Marina
Tidemill Yacht Harbour (River Deben)
Titchmarsh Marina (Walton Backwaters)
Tobermory
Tollesbury Marina
Torquay Marina
Town Quay Harbour (Southampton)
Troon Marina
Wells-next-to-the-Sea
Weymouth Marina
Whitby Marina
Whitehaven
Whitehills
Whitstable
Woolverstone Marina (River Orwell)
Wootton Creek (Isle of Wight)
Wyre Dock Marina
Yarmouth Harbour (Isle of Wight)

For more details click on http://www.metoffice.gov.uk