Stay informed with real-time observations from 800+ NOAA NDBC buoys
Stay safe with current NOAA watches, warnings, and advisories
Save time by saving your favorite buoys and viewing the closest buoy to your location.
With Buoycast you can:
- View real-time buoy observations
- View NOAA Marine Forecasts from over 300 forecast zones
- Check tide predictions
- Check the current and hourly forecast
- Save your favorite buoys to quickly access the most important data
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Get the most out of Buoycast with Buoycast Pro!
Access interactive weather maps including animated radar, precipitation, wind, temperature, clouds, and atmospheric pressure.
Prepare for bad weather with notifications for NOAA watches, warnings, and advisories.
Customize the Buoycast feed to prioritize the information that is most important to you.
With Buoycast Pro you can:
- Receive notifications for NOAA watches, warnings, and advisories
- Access interactive weather maps including animated radar, precipitation, wind, temperature, clouds, and atmospheric pressure
- Check tide predictions for any day
- Reorder and hide sections in the Buoycast feed
- Set a custom background for the Buoycast feed
- Choose from a set of alternative app icons
- Sync your data across all of your devices
- Select a custom forecast zone tide station, and weather station for each buoy
- Browse the Buoycast feed without advertisements
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Data available in Buoycast:
- Wind speed, gust, and direction
- Air and water temperature
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Wave height, direction and period
- NOAA Marine Forecasts
- NOAA watches, warnings, and advisories
- Tide predictions
- Sunrise and sunset
- Moon phase, moon rise, and moon set
- UV Index
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We love hearing from Buoycast users! Please send any questions or suggestions to hello@buoycast.com
Subscription Information:
Payments are made via your iTunes account and will auto-renew within 24hrs of expiration. You can manage this in Account Settings. Turn off auto-renew at least 24hrs before expiration to let Buoycast Pro lapse.
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Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
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This app hasDetailed and thorough marine data
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This app hasReliable and accurate forecasts
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This app hasConfidence-building for trip planning
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This app hasConvenient access to NOAA data
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This app hasHelpful push notifications for advisories
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This app hasExcellent customer service and responsiveness
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This app hasSimple and easy-to-use interface
Negative highlights
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This app hasInconsistent data availability for certain areas
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This app hasOccasional discrepancies between app and NOAA data
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This app hasDifficulty accessing local marine forecasts
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This app hasAggressive promotion of paid subscription
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This app hasLimited trial or free version functionality
What's New in Buoycast
3.8.9
October 19, 2024
• Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
◦ With every release of Buoycast, we fix bugs and improve overall performance
UPDATE***- I was in contact with Mike at Buoycast and advised him of the issue I had with some of the areas in Alaska and within a day it was fixed and has worked great since. Great customer service. I would recommend this app to any boater in Alaska (and elsewhere).
Previous 3 star review: My main reason for getting the app is to quickly check wind speed and sea swells so I can plan trips. When I open the app, I’d say about half the time that data is not present and I have to go on the NOAA website. Then, when it is present, and I cross reference it to the NOAA website, about 25% of the time it shows rougher seas than the website. So I’m a bit annoyed. I’m going off the seas for the NOAA website this weekend to see who’s right (hoping the website). 3 stars because: Everything else is accurate and consistently works. Would have 5 stars if it fixed what I stated above.