Android Boating/WX Apps?
 

Hi Everyone,

Wondering if anyone has come across an app, specifically for Andriod, they find useful for boating.
Ideally I would like one that encompasses radar, weather, wind and possibly surface conditions - like seas, swells etc. It would be great to go to an app and instantly know how rough it is and whether or not it'll be smooth enough to check my 'recreational' lobster traps that day BEFORE I get there.

I have a portable VHF I sometimes listen to prior to heading out but it can be a drag listening to the robotic voice and waiting for my area to come up.

Thanks!

i have a marine weather forcast one , it also does tides ,moon , sun etc i belive... it was free too

do u know what its called?
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I have used my droid x2 nav/map in the kayak before trying to locate spa island while trolling. I thought that was pretty cool. I wouldn't rely on it for getting closer than 50' near hazards but definately helped me out last fall in the dark.

Sea Tow app is pretty sweet for tide, weather, compass data

Navionics app is awesome for charting, etc


Weather by Bluefin is a great app for sea condition forecasts (links to NOAA)

x2

TideApp

I use Marine Weather by Bluefin. Great app and has been pretty accurate.

that the one i have too...

X3 it does it all, but still limited in resolution if you want detail.
The seatow app is good too.

Is anyone else having trouble with the Seatow app. Worked fine the other day but now seems to be having trouble getting a gps fix?

NECN weather has a really good radar feature

x2 but use only for the radar, no other info available

NECN: FYI, in portrait orientation it gets 10 day and hourly forecasts and alerts. That all disappears when the phone is held landscape.:huh:

If any of you guys have a Garmin GPS on a NMEA2000 network, check this out. I bought one last year and love it.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=62133&ra=true

Thanks everyone for the great information. Update: I downloaded the free version of the Marine Weather by Bluefin. I love the quick access to tidal information. One thing I may be missing though - I can't seem to find the information for wave size estimates, small craft advisories etc.... Am I not enabling the right "layer" or is that something that I have to upgrade to the pay version to access?
This is what I was really hoping for from the app.

Anyone know?
Thanks guys.

Try MagicSeaWeed ap, I think I remember paying a fee ($0.99 - $1.99) to get the Pro version with nice real time conditions at least for wind/waves. Doesn't give SC adv...

Marine Weather by Bluefin is now available also on your PC:

Marine Weather by Bluefin

I just call Mike on Ave Maria on our Scrambled VHF channel we use to talk to each other and ask him , hey Mike what it's doing and which way it's heading :rotf2:
He's got the weather service on one of his 12in Raymarine screens