Water Temperature: Where Can You Check?

[Ronnach]

Hi all,

I was just wondering if anyone knows of a good resource which details the current water temperature at the coast around various parts of the country?

I found this page on met.ie which details the temperatures for the last few years at Malin Head:
http://www.met.ie/marine/marine_climatology.asp

Is there a rough rule of thumb that can be applied to mackerel regarding when they begin to show up close to shore relative to water temperature? I have been feathering for mackerel in the past week and there is still no sign of them near the shore around cork harbour, although I suspect they are there a little further out.

[jd]

Buoys
http://www.marine.ie/home/publicationsdata/data/buoys/


Inshore

http://www.marine.ie/home/publicationsd ... aturedata/

Tide Guages

http://www.marine.ie/home/services/oper ... eGauge.htm

[Ronnach]

Wow thanks jd, great links there.

[Finfishyfish]

Whats the optimum temp for macks ?

[Al]

I think it's around 13 degrees.