May 17, 2017
Five Useful Boating Apps
If you’ve ever been on your boat and wished there was an app to help you navigate, check the tides, or record a boating route, there’s good news for you…There is! Using your phone for boating tips, reference, and instructions can be extremely helpful on the water or before you plan your trip! With these five apps that we found, you can increase your skills and be well-informed while navigating on the seas.
iNavX – Sailing, Boating, and Marine Navigation
Category: Navigation
Price: $19.99
Rating: 4 Stars
The iNavX app will bring you confidence when navigating your vessel. It includes charts from providers such as Navionics, weather forecasts, tides/currents, an anchor alarm, AIS alarm, and port/navaid search. You can use it to geotag photos of spots you find, stay up to date on winds, currents, and swells, as well as save and share boating routes. It is also useful to find great fishing spots! With all the great reviews it has, it is worth the money!
Boater’s Pocket Reference
Category: Reference
Price: $4.99
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Whether you’re new to the boating world, or you have been doing it for awhile, the Boater’s Poket Reference is a great app to use on the water or when planning trips. The Boater’s Pocket Reference provides tips, how-to information, facts, graphs, figures, pictures, and more all about boating. Information such as Coast Guard boating regulations, navigation aids, basic boat operation tactics, knots, and marine terminology are available in this app. This tool will help you learn about boating when you’re starting out, or refresh your memory if you have been there and done that.
Tide Charts Near Me
Category: Weather
Price: Free
Rating: 5 Stars
Tide Charts Near Me is a FREE app that displays simple tide charts on your phone. It also includes weather forecasts and current radar. It uses your location to pick a station near you but you can also easily choose others, and also store locations in the app. The best part is that it gives you tidal predications without using internet, so it is extremely useful when you’re out on the water without Wi-Fi!
Marine Weather Forecast – NOAA Buoys and Tides
Category: Weather
Price: $1.99
Rating: 4.5 Stars
This NOAA app is reviewed as being very simple and easy to use! Features include real-time buoy data, 6-hour historical wave height and energy trend reports, tide forecasts, and a 5-day National Weather Service forecast. With this app, you can easily see swell heights, directions, wind speeds and directions, air/water temperatures, and pressure. The information provided is very accurate and will help you navigate safely on the water.
Knots 3D
Category: Reference
Price: $1.99
Rating: 5 Stars
Knots are very useful for many activities, boating being one of them. The Knots 3D app can teach you how to tie over 120 different kinds of knots! With the 3D features, it will be easy to pick up on and use for boating, fishing, etc. Knots 3D will allow you to rotate the knots for a better view, and zoom in as well. Each knot also has information such as strength, reliability, and even history. Download on your smartphone and start learning!
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