Think Like a Fish
Click here to read an expert article on the factors that determine the best places to find those elusive fish. The article appeared in Issue 70 of Bluewater Boats & Sportfishing Magazine (Dec 2008)

Sea Surface Temperature Technology - A Refletion on How it Used to be!
Click here to read this article written by Reub Hayes, President of the Broken Bay Game Fishing Club, after he successfully won the 2009 Broken Bay Invitational Tournament held at Port Stephens on 14-15 March 2009 on board his boat In a Meeting.

Multiple Express Areas
Following feedback from our Express subscribers we have introduced a new Multiple Express area service on www.seasurface.com.

If you are an Express subscriber you can now create unlimited Express Areas enabling you to see pre-processed images over a range of areas of interest. This bypasses the locating and processing stages and saves you valuable time in locating the best place to fish.

Do you launch your boat at different locations? or fish in different tournaments each year? or like to go to other exotic locations around the country for your fishing? Well now you can set up an Express area for each one and use it only when you need it.

To use the new service click on the yellow Express Options button when you log-on, select your chosen area by turning it on and then when you return to the thumbnails you will only see those images covering your area, and when you click on any thumbnail it will open to your preset and preprocesed area. You can also turn the Colour Optimization and Image Enhancement options On/Off with just a few easy clicks.

Full details on how this new service operates can be found by clicking here and reading the appropriate section of the on-line User Guide. Standard service subscribers can upgrade to an Express Service by calling the office on Tel: 02 6162 0005 during business hours. The fee to upgrade is only an extra $20 per year.

With the season starting to hot up and various tournaments about to begin, now is the time to set your various areas or to upgrade to an Express service. It is going to save you heaps of time in determining which area has the best conditions to fish.

Add Ocean Currents To Your Images
Well we have been promising it for sometime and now we are pleased to announce that Ocean Currents are now available to be added to your sea surface temperature and sea colour images. And the good news is that there is no extra cost for subscribers.

Once you have selected the area for your image you can add ocean surface current information simply by clicking on the red Currents On/Off button to the left of the image.. The currents will appear on your image as a series of black arrows. The direction of each arrow indicates the direction the current is running and the length of the arrow indicates its relative strength (i.e knots).

In addition to visualising the currents over your image we added the extra facilty of being able to read the speed and direction of each current arrow. To do this all you need do is hold down the Ctrl and Shift buttons simultaneously on the keyboard and then click on the start of the arrow (the opposite end to the arrow head) with the left mouse button. A small box with details on the current arrow will open up in the top right corner of your image. At the same time the colour of the particular current arrow that you are querying will change to Purple.

The details within the box indicate the speed of the current in knots per hour and the compass direction in which the current is running . Also included is the lat/long of the current reading and the date of the information. Note that the position, current speed and current direction all refer to the position at the start of the arrow where you clicked (i.e the end opposite the arrowhead).

For further information read the 12 November 2009 Newsletter above.

Add Your Favourite Fishing Locations To Your Images
Have you always wanted to know where that temperature gradient on your screen was in relation to well known fishing spots? Or more particularly to your own favourite spots? Well now you can easily plot the locations of those marks over your image with a few simple mouse clicks. And you can see all the information about each mark. Use the marks that we have added or add your own and see them over your image. You can keep your marks private and only visible to you or you can make them public and share them with other users.

For further information read the 10 December 2008 Newsletter above.

Click here to see images of some of our happy subscribers and their catches. If you would like your photos added to our site please email us at: info@earthinsite.com with a short note about the photo. The photos need to be in either JPEG or GIF file format.