Global forecast metocean data for maritime operations
Global maritime operations depend on decisions made days or weeks in advance — about routing, speed, fuel use, arrival windows and safety margins.
This product family includes global forecasts, hindcasts and combined datasets designed for large‑scale operational use. Tidetech’s global forecast products provide operational‑grade ocean, tidal and weather intelligence designed to support those decisions at scale.
What global forecasts are used for
Tidetech’s global forecast data supports operational decision‑making across:
- Global voyage and route optimisation
- Fleet‑wide planning and performance monitoring
- Speed optimisation and slow‑steaming strategies
- Arrival time prediction and schedule reliability
- Risk management on weather‑ and current‑sensitive routes
These products are designed for integration into optimisation platforms, OEM systems and shore‑side planning tools — not manual interpretation.
What’s included in global forecast products
Tidetech’s global forecast family includes a coordinated set of large‑area datasets, aligned in time and space for operational use:
- Global ocean current forecasts
- Global combined currents (tidal + non‑tidal)
- Global wave forecasts
- Global sea surface temperature
- Global meteorological forecast data
- Global tides
All datasets are either created, curated and validated in‑house, or acquired from official sources, then delivered in formats optimised for operational workflows.
Featured product: Global Combined Currents
Global combined currents bring together tidal and non‑tidal ocean currents into a single, harmonised dataset designed for large‑scale optimisation and routing applications.
By representing how currents actually interact in open‑ocean conditions, global combined currents help optimisation systems:
- Improve route selection accuracy
- Reduce ETA variability
- Support more reliable speed and fuel modelling
- Unlock efficiency gains beyond weather routing alone
This product is widely used in voyage planning and vessel optimisation platforms to reduce uncertainties in both coastal and ocean environments.
Designed for integration at scale
Global forecast products are built for automated, repeatable use in production systems.
They integrate with:
- Voyage and route‑optimisation platforms
- Speed‑optimisation and performance‑monitoring software
- Shore‑side planning and fleet‑management tools
- OEM navigation and decision‑support systems
Delivery options include secure API access and downloadable gridded datasets in industry‑standard formats such as GRIB and NetCDF, with flexible sub‑setting to manage bandwidth and performance.
Global coverage, consistent behaviour
Global forecast products provide consistent behaviour across ocean basins, enabling:
- Comparable decisions across global fleets
- Stable optimisation logic across long routes
- Reduced need for manual regional tuning
Forecast and hindcast options are available to support both forward‑looking decisions and model calibration.
Scientific validation and reliability
Tidetech’s in-house global forecast products are created and maintained by oceanographers and specialist developers using proprietary hydrodynamic models, satellite measurements and observational data.
Other datasets are acquired from multiple official sources and validated by our in-house team before deployment.
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Next steps
Choose the right global forecast product for your situation.
Talk to an ocean data specialist to discuss resolution, time horizons and integration options.