Whether you're planning your first extended offshore passage or your tenth, this page walks you through connecting with us, telling us about your vessel and planned passage, downloading our Services Description and Client Registration forms, and completing secure online payment.
Contact Information
Reach Capt. Bob Cook directly — by phone, email, or the inquiry form below.
Online Email Inquiry or Message
Tell us a bit about your planned passage and we'll follow up to discuss weather, routing, and scheduling.
Services Description
Your forecasts and routing advisories are personalized, covering 3–6 days in 24-hour intervals — skies, pressure, temperature, winds, seas, and the timing of any squalls or storms — extendable to 7–10 days with reduced accuracy beyond day 6. Routing advice can incorporate your vessel's VPP data. We also monitor and advise on higher-latitude storm systems, tropical systems and the ITCZ, and major ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream and Agulhas where your route crosses them.
Communications: two-way satellite email or WhatsApp (Starlink, Iridium, Inmarsat, Thuraya, Hughes, or KVH) is strongly preferred over voice or SMS. Text/SMS-only devices such as Garmin inReach (160-character limit) can help as a backup but are not sufficient on their own — confirm your two-way digital communications capability before you depart. Vessel tracking platforms such as PredictWind, Marine Traffic, MyShipTracking, ShipFinder, and Garmin inReach (used here for tracking, separate from its SMS messaging) are also very helpful, showing us your latest position, course, and speed; we recommend incorporating a tracking and reporting system into your passage.
Pricing:
| Report | Model | Price | Default frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Model Synopsis & Departure Weather Window Report | GFS or ECMWF (router's or client's choice, discussed before departure) | $50 / report | 1 report, sent 1–4 days before tentative departure |
| Single-Model Synopsis, Weather & Routing Report | GFS or ECMWF (router's or client's choice, discussed before departure) | $50 / report | 1-2 days before departure and then daily thereafter. |
| Dual-Model Synopsis, Weather & Routing Report | GFS and ECMWF | $100 / report | Every 2 days (daily if you choose) |
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Minimum charge | $300 |
| Longer passages | 33–50% of the estimated charge for the full passage to be paid upon registration; the balance of the estimated charge for the full passage is agreed to be paid mid-passage or no later than at the conclusion of the passage |
Payment is due in advance by secure online invoice (bank transfer or card), or by Zelle, Venmo, or phone if preferred.
We're also glad to help with additional needs during your passage — contact with family, ports-of-call, Customs and Immigration offices, or liaison with the USCG or SAR services.
The Pacific Puddle Jump
Ocean-Pro Weather is a proud sponsor of the Pacific Puddle Jump, the annual migration of yachts crossing from Mexico and Panama to French Polynesia. We've routed vessels across this passage — through the ITCZ, the equatorial currents, and on to landfall in the Marquesas — for years.
Client, Vessel & Passage Registration
Payment Methods
Payment is due in advance of each passage. After you register, we email you an itemized invoice with a secure payment link — no card details are ever entered on this website or sent by email. Bank transfer (ACH) is our preferred method and is offered as the default option on every invoice. All major cards are accepted as well.
How Payment Works
Payments are processed by Stripe. Your card or bank details are entered on Stripe’s own secure payment page and never touch our website, our email, or our systems.
There is nothing to fill in here. Once you have submitted the registration form in section 05, payment follows three steps:
- We send your invoice. After reviewing your passage details, we email an itemized invoice from Ocean-Pro Weather & Routing showing the estimated charge and the agreed first payment.
- You pay online. The invoice has a Pay this invoice button. It opens a secure Stripe page where you can pay by bank transfer (ACH) or by card. Bank transfer is offered first.
- You get a receipt. Stripe emails confirmation immediately, and the invoice is marked paid. Your routing service is confirmed at that point.
Prefer to arrange payment another way? Bank transfer details, Zelle, Venmo, or a card taken over the phone are all fine — call +1-239-877-4094 or email captcook@ocean-pro.com.