Tides Explorer — Accurate Tides, Currents, and Marine Weather
Tides Explorer is a precision tide and current app for sailors, boaters, paddlers, and swimmers, built on official NOAA data covering over 6,000 stations across the United States and international waters.
It helps you understand not just what the water will do, but when and why, using clear charts and reliable predictions you can plan around.
Core Features
Get accurate tide and current predictions straight from NOAA, with fast search by name or location and interactive charts for exploring and comparing stations. At supported stations, see real observed water levels laid over the prediction (Pro) — so you know what the water's actually doing, not just what it's supposed to do. Save your favorite spots for quick access (Pro), track real-time weather at supported stations — wind, air and water temperature, and barometric pressure (Pro) — and check sun, moon, and twilight times to help plan your time on the water.
Plan Around What Matters to You
Drag a custom reference line onto any favorite station's chart — on a current station, mark a safe velocity to catch slack water before transiting a pass — and see exactly when you're above or below it. Set alerts for high and low tides, current extremes, your reference line, or slack water itself (Pro), plus new Moon Over Water alerts for when moonrise or moonset lines up with the water near sunset or sunrise.
Designed for Apple Platforms
Tides Explorer includes Home and Lock Screen widgets and a full Apple Watch app with multiple complications, all optimized for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Built for the Water
Ideal for sailing, boating, kayaking, swimming, fishing, and coastal exploration, Tides Explorer delivers dependable marine data without clutter, so you can plan confidently and focus on the water.
This app has been far better than other tides applications that I have tested. The developer is great at making improvements based on valid feedback which is refreshing!
Excellent App
Pilot Rick
Way Better than my previous App. The display is clean, provides instant information automatically knows which is your closest tide station. Really good!
D*mn Near Perfect!
Beni D
This app is really great. Nothing extra distracting or cluttering the information. It’s so simple and utilitarian for those of us working mariners who just need it simple and effortless. It’s also a great looking app! Well done! 👏🏼👏🏼
Lovely
lajohns
Well thought out and nicely designed. Easy to navigate and understand. Would love to see more apps from this developer!!
Custom reference lines are here: drag a line onto any favorite station's chart — tide or current — and see a table of exactly when you're above or below it. On a current station, mark a safe velocity to catch slack water before transiting a pass (Pro).
Set alerts for high and low tides, current extremes, your reference line, or slack water itself — plus new Moon Over Water alerts for when moonrise or moonset lines up with sunset or sunrise (Pro).
Choose how many months of tide data stay cached on your favorite stations, so you're covered even without a signal.
Fixed watch offline caching and widget localization issues.
Version 2.2
The developer, Lonnie Millett, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Lonnie Millett
Size
24.3 MB
Category
Weather
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
