Wind & Tides vs SailFlow

A wind map up to 14 days ahead, NOAA nautical charts with your GPS position, the marine forecast from your local NWS office, live buoy reports, tides and currents: everything you check before leaving the dock, in one app for your home waters. One-time purchase. No subscription, no account, no ads. The wind map and NOAA charts cover US waters wherever NOAA publishes a chart. The marine forecast, live buoy reports, tides and currents are per region: 30 regions so far, listed below. If your home waters aren't there yet, request them at windandtides.com. Built for boating, sailing, fishing, kayaking, paddleboarding, windsurfing, wing foiling, kiteboarding, and open water swimming. Sailors have used Wind and Tides since 2011, and the marine and weather forecasts, tides, currents and buoy reports each link back to their NOAA source page. SUPPORTED REGIONS California • San Francisco Bay • San Francisco Offshore • Monterey Bay • Morro Bay and Port San Luis • Santa Barbara • Los Angeles • Catalina and Channel Islands • Newport Beach and Dana Point • San Diego Pacific Northwest • San Juan Islands • Port Angeles • Port Townsend • Puget Sound Hawaii • Honolulu and Oahu South Shore Northeast • Portland Maine and Casco Bay • Boston and Massachusetts Bay • Cape Cod Bay and Plymouth • Buzzards Bay and New Bedford • Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket • Newport and Narragansett Bay • Block Island • Long Island Sound East • Long Island Sound West Mid-Atlantic • Chesapeake Bay North • Chesapeake Bay South Florida and Gulf Coast • Fort Lauderdale • Miami and Biscayne Bay • Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg • Pensacola • Galveston Bay WHAT'S INSIDE • NOAA ENC nautical charts: depths, hazards, buoys, channel markers, with your GPS position, course and speed • Wind map: speed and direction animated over the chart, up to 14 days ahead • NWS coastal waters forecasts from your local forecast office: wind, seas, small craft advisories, and gale warnings through day 5 • NOAA tide predictions • NOAA current predictions • NDBC live buoy observations • NWS gridded weather forecasts • Wind models: NOAA HRRR, NBM, and GFS; ECMWF open data Wind and Tides surfaces public NOAA, NWS, and NDBC data and ECMWF open data, and is not affiliated with these organizations. Don't see your region? Request it at windandtides.com.

Whether you’re racing, cruising, day sailing, you need precise sailing forecasts and real-time wind. SailFlow delivers both. Powered by 90,000+ exclusive Tempest Weather Stations and 150,000+ total sources, SailFlow’s weather and wind app delivers unmatched accuracy. With stations on buoys, piers, and key waterfront locations, you get real conditions exactly where you sail. Plan with confidence using our Tempest Rapid Refresh Model combined with government data to deliver industry-leading Nearcast AI predictions. Then go deeper with radar, high-resolution forecast maps, and fully customizable alerts so you never miss a session. Real wind. Better sails. - Coastal observations from proprietary Tempest Weather Systems along with all public domain marine forecasts and reports (NOAA, NWS, METAR, ASOS, CWOP) including all major airports creating over 150,000 unique stations. - Exclusive Tempest Weather Systems deployed at key coastal locations report wind, rain, barometric pressure and more than 24 other weather observations. - Apple Watch compatibility - Live wind from our stations support powerful wind flow visualization – augmented by current station reports with advanced quality control. - Our Proprietary AI-enhanced Nearcast provides enhanced forecasting for temperature, wind gust, speed, direction, humidity, dewpoint, precipitation rate, probability of precipitation, and cloud cover percentage which is perfect for sailing. - Public domain forecast models including High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR), North American Mesoscale Forecast System (NAM), Global Forecast System (GFS), Canadian Meteorological Centre Model (CMC) and Icosahedral Non Hydrostatic Model (ICON). - Create your own favorite station list to keep an eye on your go-to weather stations at all your marine and sailing spots. Check the tides in minutes so you never miss a day on the water. - Maps: Live and Forecasted Wind Map, Forecasted Temperature, Radar, Satellite, Precipitation and Clouds, as well as Nautical Charts. - Free subscription for unlimited wind notifications/alerts with customizable thresholds to email, text, or in-app. - Monitor National Weather Service (NWS) Marine forecasts, high surf warnings, and other to better anticipate waves and current conditions, for safer, more informed decisions on the water. Additional weather parameters: - Tides charts - Wave height, wave period - Water temperature - Sunrise / sunset - Moonrise / moonset - Historical wind statistics - Windy days per month - Wind direction distribution Go Beyond the Basics: Upgrade to Plus, Pro, or Gold membership to gain access to more weather stations, ad-free browsing, and more. - Access exclusive Pro and hurricane-proof stations at premier coastal locations and unlock SailFlow’s hyper-accurate Pro forecasts, updated daily by expert meteorologists for sailing hotspots coast to coast. - Detailed weather at points of interest to coastal residents and property owners near the ocean, rivers, and other bodies of water. On the water features: - Sea surface temperatures - Sea surface currents - Detailed historical wind statistics - Historical wind speed average by year Does your spot need a station? Join the Tempest Weather Network! Get a Tempest Weather System for your club, dock, or backyard. Get support: help.weatherflow.com/hc/en-us/categories/200419268-iKitesurf-iWindsurf-SailFlow-FishWeather-WindAlert Connect with Tempest: - facebook.com/tempestwx - twitter.com/tempest_wx - youtube.com/@tempestwx - instagram.com/tempest.earth Contact Tempest: help.weatherflow.com/hc/en-us/requests/new Website: tempest.earth By purchasing a subscription or downloading SailFlow you agree that you have read and accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. got.wf/privacy got.wf/terms