The Great Circle Information

Great Circle is a world-leading provider of marine weather services for every activity at sea, from professional sailing to cargo shipping, pleasure cruising to race management. Set up by passionate and experienced offshore sailors the company’s fields of expertise include data modeling (producing our own high-resolution GRIB files), data distribution, satellite image production and delivering weather-routing and forecasts. We are convinced that the whole marine community could and should benefit from, at the very least, better weather data. We have focused on this strategy and our strengths: the gathering, presentation and distribution of data, as well as finding partners with whom we can collaborate. During the last few years, we have successfully been targeting the top end of the sail racing community, winning bids to be the exclusive provider. Great Circle delivers high-resolution weather data, forecasting and risk analysis services for all the major races around the world such as the Volvo Ocean Race, the Vendée Globe, the Route du Rhum, the Sydney-Hobart, and the Fastnet Race. Always keen to help the community with the highest level of service, we provide software and API solutions (meteograms, routing, GRIB files etc.) that can be integrated into third-party applications. For more information on how you can add value to your business with our state-of-the-art weather applications please contact us (squid@greatcircle.be). Great Circle also offers 360-degree solutions for pro and amateurs sailors with its free to download SQUID software and mobile App (IOS & Android). SQUID has been recognised by the sailing community as one of the leading marine weather software tools, implementing unique features that are making passages faster and safer (e.g. the weather models comparison - ensemble forecasting - and Best Start options). Please visit our websites to find out more about how you can benefit: www.greatcircle.be and www.squid-sailing.com.