Living in Ipswich UK, I find Arome has been the best predicter of Sea Breezes- but hopefully this year UKV looks like an improvement with its 1.5km cell size.
Yesterday- mid winter[ 6thFeb] we had our 1st Sea breeze of the year briefly, and it was predicted by Arome. The Land breezes of winter are usually correct as well. I regularly check the predictions against the buoys and port sensors locally, as well as personal observations and have been very impressed.
I have been studying Sea Breezes, being a sailor living on the coast. Yes ECMWF is not detailed enough.
The 4 different types of Sea breezes have different characteristics- and locally the Corkscrew [SSW] is the dominate one.
When trying to understand the weird wind shifts we encounter at sea, we also have to consider the sink zones of calmer air, which move about in an amazingly predictable manner, as shown best by Arome .
Tim Daley