Love this app
Have been using it for decades! Great support!
No way to delete imported tracks
Seems like there is no way to delete imported tracks. Also wish there was a way to rename them.
GREAT APP FOR BACK UP NAVIGATION
As a licensed captain this app has save me three different times in the past couple years. I was in some real hairy predicaments and having plotter trouble, the SEA IQ was a life saver giving me information I needed to navigate safely out of certain predicaments. I highly recommend every captain download the app on their smart phones if you want to feel secure in case your GPS plotter lets you down!
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Our main charting tool
Although we have a full electronics suite in our trawler, when cruising , our primary charting tool is SEAiq on an iPad. The updated charts with the AIS target overlay are invaluable to us and we found this program to be one of the best bangs for the buck!
Paper Charts
I have SEAiq USA on two iPad Pro 12.9” devices, one primary one backup. I supplement them with a chartplotter. I do not carry paper charts, which are out-of-date the moment ink hits paper.
I can hear the “gotta have paper” crowd howling, but for the last several years of a career flying a 400,000 pound jet all over the U.S., in the cockpit for charts were two off-the-shelf iPads, one for the captain, one for the first officer. We also had two moving maps that are roughly analogous to a chartplotter. So if you’re a paper purist, don’t get on a commercial jet. There will be no paper.
I can hear the “gotta have paper” crowd howling, but for the last several years of a career flying a 400,000 pound jet all over the U.S., in the cockpit for charts were two off-the-shelf iPads, one for the captain, one for the first officer. We also had two moving maps that are roughly analogous to a chartplotter. So if you’re a paper purist, don’t get on a commercial jet. There will be no paper.
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Track feature
Track should show date, time, course, speed and location and easily exported as .csv spreadsheet file.
Great tool
Amazing g Ap!
Ok, but no longer supports new Active Captain data.
I have used Seaiq for several years as my iPad backup to the boats chartplotter. It does a good job at that and I like its raster chart capability.
But they no longer support new Active Captain data and if you had not used Seaiq with the old AC then you cant download any AC data. So I am now mostly using Aqua Map.
David
But they no longer support new Active Captain data and if you had not used Seaiq with the old AC then you cant download any AC data. So I am now mostly using Aqua Map.
David
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OUTSTANDING APP!!
Michael,
Just downloaded the 7-day trial with Premium and absolutely amazed at how much great info it has even for us non boaters (currently).
Keep up the GREAT app / updates / upgrades. Suggesting this app to my boating friends as we speak ;)
Tom
Just downloaded the 7-day trial with Premium and absolutely amazed at how much great info it has even for us non boaters (currently).
Keep up the GREAT app / updates / upgrades. Suggesting this app to my boating friends as we speak ;)
Tom
A LOT of function and value
I've looked at various iOS charting apps to find one that leveraged the information available on my boat network - speed, heading, COG, depth, etc. I never found anything that really met my needs.
I went back and found an app I had liked and rejected a year or so ago: SEAiq Pilot. There was a lot to like about the app but I'd be danged if I was going to spend $400 on an iOS app.
However... I discovered I was confused by how they sell their apps. There are really 3 different versions available:
* SEAiq Pilot is intended for use by professional pilots on big ships. It has a lot of features focused on that market such as showing separate course vectors for the bow and stern, showing the swept path of the vessel, showing a trial Rate of Turn, and tons of stuff I don't understand. $400
* SEAiq USA is the 'recreational' version of the program. It has 80%-90% of the functionality of Pilot. It can download and display NOAA and Army Corp of Engineer charts (vector and raster). $25
* SEAiq Open is the same as SEAiq USA but adds the ability to install S-63 as well as charts from PRIMAR and ChartWorld. $50
As a recreational boater my take on this is: $25 if you need the US Govt charts; $50 if you want to buy and load international charts.
So what did I get for my $25? The things that are important to me:
* Integrated, free downloads of NOAA charts
* Management and quilting of both vector and raster charts
* Decent WP and route creation (and no auto-route)
* Very nice route export/import/backup via GPX files
* Export of WPs to my MFDs via WPL sentences
* Very nice import/export/backup of the app configuration via files
* Excellent NMEA 0183 handling including diagnostic displays of sentences received, data, and errors
* Excellent handling and display of AIS data. AIS data is much more useful to me in this app than on my MFDs.
Nice to haves include:
* Tide and current options (several options, free and paid)
* Download and display of GRIB data
* Active Captain integration
* Various alarms
* A very cool anchor monitor
Also include with the app is the most detailed documentation I've seen in a product of this kind. The doc is available from within the app even when the app isn't connected to the internet. Maybe this is old-school but I view it s a huge positive.
I've dealt with their support on a few questions and received some of the best answers--quick, complete and informative.
I'll also note the apps are updated in the app store every few weeks. Again this appears to me to be a 'professional grade' offering with serious ongoing development.
I went back and found an app I had liked and rejected a year or so ago: SEAiq Pilot. There was a lot to like about the app but I'd be danged if I was going to spend $400 on an iOS app.
However... I discovered I was confused by how they sell their apps. There are really 3 different versions available:
* SEAiq Pilot is intended for use by professional pilots on big ships. It has a lot of features focused on that market such as showing separate course vectors for the bow and stern, showing the swept path of the vessel, showing a trial Rate of Turn, and tons of stuff I don't understand. $400
* SEAiq USA is the 'recreational' version of the program. It has 80%-90% of the functionality of Pilot. It can download and display NOAA and Army Corp of Engineer charts (vector and raster). $25
* SEAiq Open is the same as SEAiq USA but adds the ability to install S-63 as well as charts from PRIMAR and ChartWorld. $50
As a recreational boater my take on this is: $25 if you need the US Govt charts; $50 if you want to buy and load international charts.
So what did I get for my $25? The things that are important to me:
* Integrated, free downloads of NOAA charts
* Management and quilting of both vector and raster charts
* Decent WP and route creation (and no auto-route)
* Very nice route export/import/backup via GPX files
* Export of WPs to my MFDs via WPL sentences
* Very nice import/export/backup of the app configuration via files
* Excellent NMEA 0183 handling including diagnostic displays of sentences received, data, and errors
* Excellent handling and display of AIS data. AIS data is much more useful to me in this app than on my MFDs.
Nice to haves include:
* Tide and current options (several options, free and paid)
* Download and display of GRIB data
* Active Captain integration
* Various alarms
* A very cool anchor monitor
Also include with the app is the most detailed documentation I've seen in a product of this kind. The doc is available from within the app even when the app isn't connected to the internet. Maybe this is old-school but I view it s a huge positive.
I've dealt with their support on a few questions and received some of the best answers--quick, complete and informative.
I'll also note the apps are updated in the app store every few weeks. Again this appears to me to be a 'professional grade' offering with serious ongoing development.
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Great navigation App
I've been using this chart plotter app for many years and and extremely pleased with it. Accurate, economical, easy to use, and many nice bonus features. AIS for example is a really nice touch and great in shipping lanes.
Great system
IPad is just the right size screen for me. Easy to plot and edit courses. Good update support. Nice links with ActiveCaptain and AyeTides. Easy to see at night without killing night vision. Great all around system.
Among the best; with Active Captain
Tried half a dozen nav apps, sticking with this one. Intuitive gestures, clear explanations of settings, relatively easy to export and import waypoints and routes.
Still my favorite!
Still my favorite!
Navigation
I was sailing two weeks ago around Matagorda bay in Texas and use my iPad with SEAiq for navigation.
Matagorda bay is very shallow and many sand bars it was taking my 35 ft sailboat with 6" draft between sand bars, and distance between sand bars very narrow. My opinion it very good software with accurate navigation map.
I was born, raised and learn sailing on Baltic Sea for me it is very unusual shallowness of the Texas coast but on my Gouteron 35 I feel very comfortable while navigating with SEAiq.
Thank you
Matagorda bay is very shallow and many sand bars it was taking my 35 ft sailboat with 6" draft between sand bars, and distance between sand bars very narrow. My opinion it very good software with accurate navigation map.
I was born, raised and learn sailing on Baltic Sea for me it is very unusual shallowness of the Texas coast but on my Gouteron 35 I feel very comfortable while navigating with SEAiq.
Thank you
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Great sail charts
SEAiq free does a great job! Just need to down load the free charts and you are set to go. No purchases required and lots of extra features. The only down side is there is no way to get international charts.
Pretty Good
Decent app. Needs a current device to be responsive. Otherwise pretty good.
Great app for everything.
It has great details for depth, active captain built in, doesn't need data to work once all the maps are downloaded. We use it everyday.
Good product
SeaIQ is a useful product for the price.
Awesome for free
Remarkably accurate and functional navigation info for free.
Very Useful
This is a great app and highly useful when out on big waters. It does most of the functions that software costing 100s per year do.
