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05-01-2012, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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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!
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05-01-2012, 07:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: petersham,ma
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i have a marine weather forcast one , it also does tides ,moon , sun etc i belive... it was free too
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05-01-2012, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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do u know what its called?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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05-02-2012, 06:18 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 460
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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.
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05-02-2012, 06:31 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Marblehead, MA
Posts: 865
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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)
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05-02-2012, 07:10 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saltyric
Navionics app is awesome for charting, etc
Weather by Bluefin is a great app for sea condition forecasts (links to NOAA)
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TideApp |
 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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05-02-2012, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,395
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I use Marine Weather by Bluefin. Great app and has been pretty accurate.
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05-02-2012, 08:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: petersham,ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
I use Marine Weather by Bluefin. Great app and has been pretty accurate.
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that the one i have too... |
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05-02-2012, 02:55 PM
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zoom
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
I use Marine Weather by Bluefin. Great app and has been pretty accurate.
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X3 it does it all, but still limited in resolution if you want detail.
The seatow app is good too. |
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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05-02-2012, 02:57 PM
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Christian's Dad
Join Date: May 2002
Location: West Roxbury, MA
Posts: 50
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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?
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"Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes."
Don Marquis (1878-1937)
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05-03-2012, 06:52 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Duxbury
Posts: 652
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NECN weather has a really good radar feature
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-Andrew
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05-03-2012, 08:34 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Typhoon
NECN weather has a really good radar feature
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x2 but use only for the radar, no other info available |
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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05-03-2012, 07:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Lincoln, RI
Posts: 621
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PRBuzz
x2 but use only for the radar, no other info available
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NECN: FYI, in portrait orientation it gets 10 day and hourly forecasts and alerts. That all disappears when the phone is held landscape.  |
Best regards,
Roger
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05-04-2012, 08:20 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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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
Last edited by piemma; 05-04-2012 at 09:27 AM..
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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05-04-2012, 09:18 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 14
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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.
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05-04-2012, 09:38 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IpswichBayFish
- I can't seem to find the information for wave size estimates, small craft advisories etc....
This is what I was really hoping for from the app.
Anyone know?
Thanks guys.
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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... |
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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10-19-2012, 02:59 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Marine Weather by Bluefin is now available also on your PC:
Marine Weather by Bluefin |
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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10-19-2012, 05:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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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 
He's got the weather service on one of his 12in Raymarine screens |
LETS GO BRANDON
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