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Viewing sea conditions – Garmin GPSMAP 545s User Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual

Using XM WX Weather and Audio

Viewing Fish Forecasting

This feature shows areas that contain optimal weather conditions for

specific species of fish.

1. From the Home screen, select

Information

>

Weather

>

Fishing

>

MENU

>

Fish Species

.

2. Select a species of fish. Shaded areas indicate optimal fishing

areas.

Viewing Sea Conditions

Sea Conditions provide surface conditions including winds, wave

height, wave period, and wave direction. To view sea conditions,

from the Home screen, select

information

>

weather > Sea

Conditions

.

Understanding Surface Winds

Wind barbs indicate from which direction the wind is coming. The

wind barb is a circle with a tail. Wind speed is indicated by the

different combination of flags that are attached to the tail.

Calm

5 knots

10 knots

15 knots

20 knots

50 knots

Wind Direction

Understanding Wave Height

The Wave Height feature shows wave heights. The wave heights for

an area are shown in color intensities.