Fishtrack.com Partners with Club Nautico de San Juan International Billfish Tournament to Provide Forecasts

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., May 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FishTrack.com recently announced a new partnership with the Club Nautico de San Juan International Billfish Tournament, one of the oldest, most prestigious marlin tournaments in the world, to provide tournament participants with the most accurate marine weather and sea surface temperature charts available.

The International Billfish Tournament has long been known as one of the most elite offshore events in the Caribbean. For more than 60 years the event has catered to anglers from around the world, showcasing Puerto Rico's world-class marlin fishery and hosting legendary activities each night to coincide with the great fishing.

"The boats and teams fishing the International Billfish Tournament make up the top crews in the Caribbean," said Charlie Levine, editor of Fishtrack.com. "Through this partnership, we will be able to provide accurate wind and swell forecasts as well as sea surface temperature charts right on the event's website, sanjuaninternational.com. We're excited to be a part of this world-class event."

Fishtrack's meteorologists will also prepare a detailed weather forecast leading up to the tournament. This forecast will be published on Fishtrack.com and Buoyweather.com and will be made available to the fleet of boats in the tournament. As part of the partnership, Fishtrack.com will also be publishing daily catch reports during the tournament, social media posts and a full recap of the event.

"We want to provide all of our tournament participants with the most accurate weather information available," said Dr. Ricky Jaen, the tournament director for the 61st annual International Billfish Tournament. "This partnership provides us with the type of information the crews in the tournament need to find fish."

In addition to weather and SST information, Fishtrack is also providing Premium Memberships for the winning team.

The 2014 IBT takes place September 2-9. For more information, visit sanjuaninternational.com.

Fishtrack.com provides cloud-free Sea Surface Temperature charts and Chlorophyll imagery for the world's best fishing spots as well as database of how-to articles, fishing reports and the latest offshore fishing news. Fishtrack.com is owned and operated by Surfline/Wavetrak.

Buoyweather.com provides accurate seven-day marine wind and swell forecasts for any offshore location, including moon phase, current and tide.