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WindSMS (SMS kite & windsurf weather) provides two options to receive windreports (real time wind) and forecasts via SMS - CallbackSMS and WindAlarmSMS. Test WindSMS 3 X times for free.

Attention: At the moment there is official support for WindSMS only for Austrian, Swiss & German customers. If you live in a different country and you have tested WindSMS sucessfully you can subscribe to WindSMS as well. But there is no guarantee that it will always work!

» Callback-SMS (Pull Service)

WindSMS
  • Call *31#069-5899761 + extension for surf region
  • Wait for the ring tone and hang up
  • Receive WindSMS

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Continent Country Region Extension wind reports Extension forecasts
Africa Cape Verde Cape Verde - 404 - 405
  Egypt Egypt - 400 - 401
  Mauritius Mauritius/Reunion - 408 - 409
  Morocco Morocco - 402 - 403
  South Africa Cape Town - 412 - 413
    Langebaan - 410 - 411
  Tunisia Tunisia - 406 - 407
Europe Austria Austria - 200 - 201
  Belgium Belgium - 176 - 177
  Croatia Croatia - 332 - 333
  Cyprus Cyprus - 344 - 345
  Denmark Dänemark Nördl. Nordsee - 156 - 157
    Dänemark Südl. Nordsee - 152 - 153
  France Atlantic - 184 - 185
    Canal - 180 - 181
    Corse - 192 - 193
    Mediterranean - 188 - 189
  Germany Baden-Württemberg - 148 - 149
    Bayern - 144 - 145
    Brandenburg & Berlin - 132 - 133
    Hessen - 140 - 141
    Mecklenburg - 120 - 121
    Niedersachsen & Hamburg - 116 - 117
    Nordrhein-Westfalen - 128 - 129
    Ostfriesland - 112 - 113
    Rheinland-Pfalz & Saarland - 142 - 143
    Sachsen - 136 - 137
    Sachsen-Anhalt - 134 - 135
    Schleswig-Holstein Nordsee - 100 - 101
    Schleswig-Holstein Nördl. Ostsee - 104 - 105
    Schleswig-Holstein Südl. Ostsee - 108 - 109
    Thüringen - 138 - 139
    Vorpommern - 124 - 125
  Greece Cyclades - 264 - 265
    Dodecanese - 268 - 269
    Kreta & Kithira - 276 - 277
    Westcoast (Ionian Sea) - 260 - 261
  Italy Adria - 216 - 217
    Lake Garda - 208 - 209
    Liguria - 212 - 213
    Sardinia - 224 - 225
    Toscana, Roma, Napoli - 220 - 221
  Netherlands North-Netherlands - 168 - 169
    South-Netherlands - 172 - 173
  Portugal Portugal - 256 - 257
  Spain Baleares - 236 - 237
    Canary Islands - 252 - 253
    Eastcoast - 240 - 241
    Southcoast - 244 - 245
  Switzerland Switzerland - 204 - 205
  Turkey Turkey - 284 - 285
North America Barbados Barbados - 432 - 433
  Dominican Republic Dominican Republic - 436 - 437
  Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles/Aruba - 440 - 441
  Saint Lucia Saint Lucia - 428 - 429
  USA Hawaii - 416 - 417
South America Brasil Brasil - 418 - 419
  Venezuela Venezuela - 424 - 425
Attention: This List is incomplete. For all regions check Windreports.

Save the most important phone numbers on your cellphone, e.g. *31#+49695899761 209 for lake Garda forecasts.

Using Callback-SMS you get one SMS each time you call. The call is always free because you only send you Caller ID to the phone number you dial. *31# causes your phone number to be sent to the dialed phone number. You can leave out *31# if "sending caller ID" is activated in your cellphone settings. +49 is the country code for Germany.

» WindAlarm-SMS (Push Service)

WindAlarm sends you an SMS automatically, when the wind reaches your preset conditions.

Set up your personal WindAlarm in the account configuration. You can set up windlimit and winddirection for max. 6 locations. Windfinder alerts you, as soon as the desired conditions have been reached. The data come directly from the weatherstations and is only a few minutes old when you are alerted.

You can switch your WindAlarm on and off anytime by calling *31#+49695899761 000, wait for the ring tone and hang up. You'll get an SMS showing the actual status "On" or "Off". If it was "Off" before the call, it'll be "On" and vice versa.

» This is what a Windreport-SMS (real time wind) looks like on your cellphone:

Wind-SMS

Format Windreport SMS
  1. Header: time of the measurement = 12 o'clock + windspeed unit (Knots, Beaufort, meters/second or kph)
  2. Name of the spot: WMAKELSD = Westermarkelsdorf
  3. Actual windspeed and -direction: 22 Knots from East
  4. windspeed & -direction of the previous reading: 16 Knots from East
  5. etc.

The readings from several locations are collected in one SMS. To read the whole report you need to scroll down on your cellphone display.

A Forecast-SMS looks like this:

  1. Header: Forecast 14 o'clock and 20 o'clock + wind speed unit (Knots, Beaufort, meters/scond or kph)
  2. Name of the spots: HVIDSDE = Hvide Sande
  3. Forecast value for 14 o'clock: 28 Knots from Northwest
  4. Forecast value for 20 o'clock: 25 Knots from West
  5. etc.

Wind-SMS

Format Forecast SMS

If you call between 19 o'clock the day before and 13 o'clock the current day, you'll get a forecast for 14 o'clock current day and 20 o'clock current day. The SMS indicates: 14:00&20:00 (order of appearance of the forecast values).

If you call between 13 o'clock and 19 o'clock the current day, you'll get a forecast for 20 o'clock current day and 14 o'clock the following day. The SMS indicates: 20:00&14:00 (order of appearance of the forecast values).

» Dial, wait for ring tone, hang up in order to use the following features:

Feature Callback number
Switch ON/OFF WindAlarm *31# +49 69 5899761 000
Query credits *31# +49 69 5899761 001
Query password (to log into your account) *31# +49 69 5899761 002
Personalized Windreport *31# +49 69 5899761 004
Personalized Forecast *31# +49 69 5899761 005

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