Herb Hilgenberg

Herb Hilgenberg (born 1937) is a Canadian amateur meteorologist and sailing enthusiast who provided a daily ship-routing/weather forecasting service for vessels at sea. Between 1987 and 2013, Hilgenberg provided this service free of charge via marine HF/SSB on a frequency of 12359.0 kHz starting at 2000 UTC.

Hilgenberg has assisted the Coast Guard during multiple search and rescue cases and is credited with saving several lives.

History Hilgenberg holds BASc and MBA degrees from the University of Toronto.

In 1982, Hilgenberg personally experienced bad weather at sea while sailing from New York to the Virgin Islands with his family.

Awards Hilgenberg was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002. In 2013, he received the Meritorious Public Service Award from the United States Coast Guard.