What’s New in SeaVectors 2.8.1 MY BOAT Save your cruising speed, fuel consumption, tank capacity, and fuel reserve in a redesigned boat profile. SMARTER ROUTE PLANNING Use your boat profile for travel-time and fuel estimates, including reserve requirements and tank-capacity warnings. Adjust speed and consumption for individual trips. REGIONAL CURRENTS ALONG YOUR ROUTE View current forecasts matched to your route position and arrival time, using regional models and station predictions where available. CLEARER WEATHER CONTROLS A larger, two-line date and time display makes your selected forecast easier to read. Improved sliders add haptic feedback, and route speed and fuel controls now apply changes reliably. MAP IMPROVEMENTS Improved current-overlay coastline masking, handling of overlapping NOAA forecasts, and course-over-ground line accuracy.

Re-designed weather panel, Explore wind, waves, tides, and currents in one redesigned weather panel, powered by regional, national, and international forecast sources. Detailed regional currents - NOAA and Canadian ECCC models combine with nearby station predictions to refine local currents, with Open-Meteo providing fallback coverage. Smoother map animation - Improved current particles and color overlays make changing flow easier to follow, including around narrow passages. More expressive forecasts - Speed-colored wind and gust curves, clearer value bands, and map legends help you read conditions at a glance. Faster map loading - Up to four forecast points load concurrently, with compact progress updates and a brief green completion indicator. Clearer forecast time - Open at NOW, keep your selected hour when switching tabs, and return to current conditions with one tap. Better use of screen space - Loading updates appear within the header without shifting the forecast grid or taking space from the map. Weather models and sources - United States: NOAA National Weather Service and NOAA GFS. - Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada forecasts and GEM. - International: ECMWF IFS, ECMWF AIFS AI forecasts, and Météo-France. - Automatic selection: Location-based Auto mode and Open-Meteo Best Match. Regional current models - Canada: ECCC CIOPS-SalishSea, CIOPS-West, and CIOPS-East. - U.S. Pacific coast: NOAA SSCOFS, SFBOFS, and WCOFS. - U.S. Atlantic coast: NOAA GoMOFS, NYOFS, DBOFS, and CBOFS. - Gulf coast: NOAA TBOFS and NGOFS2. - Great Lakes: NOAA LSOFS, LMHOFS, LEOFS, and LOOFS. - Broader Atlantic and Gulf coverage: NOAA RTOFS East. Marine forecasts and station predictions Open-Meteo supplies marine fallback forecasts, with NOAA GFS-Wave extending wave coverage. NOAA CO-OPS and Canadian CHS/DFO station predictions support tides and currents, with nearby current-station predictions used for local corrections where applicable. The update also brings smoother current animations, speed-colored wind and gust charts, map legends, faster concurrent downloads, and clearer forecast-time controls—all within a compact panel that keeps more of the map visible. Source availability depends on location, forecast time, and published coverage.

Best-in-class Relief Shading; Advanced Offline Chart Downloader; High Resolution Satellite Imageries; and Following Bug Fixes. Fixed Local Cache Bug On some devices some chart elements could stop appearing entirely — the map drew but depths, contours and buoys stayed blank, and restart/reinstalling didn't bring them back. This is fixed, and the app now recovers on its own if it happens again. Corrected tide times Tide predictions could be shifted by your device's time zone. Times are now read correctly, and station tables show the location's own clock. Cached predictions refresh once after you update, so connect before heading out. Knowing which forecast model you're reading in Auto mode The weather panel names the model behind each forecast, marks where one model hands over to another, and shows where wave data changes source. A smoother weather panel Scrolling the full-screen weather grid is far faster. It opens on the current hour instead of a day earlier, one tap on the time marker brings you back to now, and the row labels are tidier. Place names on Weather Panel The weather panel now shows where you're looking, alongside the coordinates.

Best-in-class Relief Shading; Advanced Offline Chart Downloader; High Resolution Satellite Imageries. A FRESH 30-DAY TRIAL FOR EVERYONE Whether your trial is still running, has ended, or never started, every feature is free again for 30 days from the moment you update. SEE THE SEABED IN RELIEF SHADING The new Relief style shades the shape of the bottom so ledges, channels and drop-offs stand out. Coverage spans British Columbia, the US West Coast and Puget Sound, Florida and the US East Coast, with 1-metre detail in selected areas. SAVE CHARTS FOR YOUR TRIP Tap the download button, frame the area you need on the chart and save it, relief included, for use with no signal. You can also open it from Settings. KNOW WHAT'S UNDER THE CROSSHAIR As you move the chart, the crosshair names what it's over: wrecks, rocks and obstructions with their depths, bridge clearances, and lights, buoys and beacons with their chart symbol and light characteristic. Over open water it adds the bottom type and the anchorage you're in. MORE RELIABLE DEPTH Chart depth at your boat now reads between soundings, not only on top of one, so the depth display shows a number far more often. YOUR UNITS Temperature in °F or °C. Tide, waves and rainfall in feet and inches or metric. Speed in knots, mph or km/h. Depths now default to feet. If you prefer metres, switch back once in Settings. MORE SIMPLIFIED CHINESE The crosshair readout, Map Layers and the chart downloader are now in Chinese, with light characteristics and bottom types in Chinese chart notation. ROUTE SIMULATION AND TRACK REPLAY Simulations and replays open following your vessel north-up, and a simulation returns the map to the view you had when it ends. Tap a saved track on the chart to open its details. The replay arrow follows the recorded course, and the course line draws above your tracks and routes. IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES • Satellite imagery shows its full colour and contrast, with softer depth contours on top. • The chart stays movable while Map Layers is open. • A wider, taller weather panel on larger iPads and Mac. • The crosshair appears the moment you move the chart and clears when you stop. • Buttons slide smoothly out of the way while you pick an area to download. • Clearer section headings in Settings, and Storage Management opens full screen. • The chart recovers on its own if it fails to load on a weak connection.

Plan the whole trip, not just this moment. ROUTE WEATHER Set your departure time and boat speed, and every point on your route shows the forecast for the time you'll actually be there — not the forecast for now. Scroll the timeline or tap a route bubble and the map, the time and the highlighted position all move together. A short guide walks you through it the first time. OFFICIAL STATIONS FOR THE WHOLE PASSAGE Tide and current predictions along a route now come from the nearest CHS or NOAA station to each point, instead of one station for the entire trip — so a run through a narrows agrees with that narrows' own station. Every reading names its station and chart datum, and the timeline marks where one station hands over to the next. EVERY CATEGORY ON ONE TIMELINE The All tab lines up temperature, rain, wind, gusts, waves, tide and current against the same hours, so you can read the whole picture in one pass. Tap the time chip to jump straight back to now. WIND AND WAVES ON THE CHART Redrawn wind particles and a new wave overlay, so you can see the pattern across the water rather than one value at a time. KNOW THE MOMENT YOU CROSS THE LINE In sailing mode and route simulation, SeaVectors now sounds an alert as your position enters a DFO closure or restricted area, and keeps reminding you while you're inside. The FISHING tile flashes red and moves up the panel so you can see which rule you've met. Turn the sound off any time in the alert details. Plus a weather panel that runs edge to edge, a steadier full-screen layout, and fixes throughout.

This release delivers major improvements for safer, more reliable voyage planning: - Authoritative CHS and NOAA tide and current station data is now integrated directly into the chart. Review current speed and direction, tide height, slack-water periods, turning times, and upcoming events—especially valuable around harbours, channels, narrows, and tidal passages. - New 14-day offline marine forecasts let you download rain, wind, waves, tides, and currents for the visible map area before departure. Forecasts remain available when cellular or satellite connectivity is limited or unavailable offshore. - New marine search for locations, marinas, anchorages, fishing spots, routes, markers, and tide and current stations—with saved search history and recently viewed results. - New multi-leg distance measurement with leg distances, course information, route details, and one-tap conversion to a saved route. - Simplified map controls for location, follow, and course-up 3D modes. - Improved current visualization, station markers, forecast loading, map performance, and overall reliability.

This release delivers two major improvements for safer and more reliable voyage planning. • Authoritative CHS and NOAA tide and current station data is now integrated directly into the chart. Review current speed and direction, tide height, slack-water periods, turning times, and upcoming events—especially valuable around harbours, channels, narrows, and tidal passages. • New 14-day offline marine forecasts let you download rain, wind, waves, tides, and currents for the visible map area before departure. Forecasts remain available when cellular or satellite connectivity is limited or unavailable offshore. Also included: • Fixed an issue where tide and current station markers could disappear or lose their data while panning and zooming the map. • Improved current visualization by blending modeled currents with nearby station data for smoother, more accurate flow patterns. • Improved weather model selection reliability in the forecast panel.

This release delivers two major improvements for safer and more reliable voyage planning. • Authoritative CHS and NOAA tide and current station data is now integrated directly into the chart. Review current speed and direction, tide height, slack-water periods, turning times, and upcoming events—especially valuable around harbours, channels, narrows, and tidal passages. • New 14-day offline marine forecasts let you download rain, wind, waves, tides, and currents for the visible map area before departure. Forecasts remain available when cellular or satellite connectivity is limited or unavailable offshore. Also included: • Refined current overlays combining Open-Meteo modeled currents with localized adjustments from nearby official stations. • A new full-screen view aligning all marine forecasts on a shared timeline. • Improved station synchronization, caching, download reliability, map responsiveness, and marker clarity. • Expanded Simplified Chinese support.

This release connects the app to your boat's electronics and brings your instruments on-screen. - Connect to your boat's instruments Stream live data over WiFi from NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 gateways — speed, depth, wind, heading, position, temperature, tanks, battery and more, right on the chart. - New instrument panel & dashboard Build a custom instrument panel, or open a full-screen categorized dashboard. Each widget shows its data source and latest reading, with level traces for tanks and batteries. - AIS collision awareness See nearby vessels as ranked targets with CPA/TCPA, on-map labels, and a color-coded risk legend. Get flashing alerts and an escalating alarm when a target crosses your safety thresholds. Charts & navigation improvements - Cleaner sector-light rings and beams when zooming and following - Mouse-scroll zoom now centers on the map, not the cursor - New route and simulation banners, with the compass tidied into the top-right - Various stability and performance fixes

- New: choose True or Magnetic north reference in Settings — reflected in the COG instrument widget and the floating status box. - Your chosen north reference is applied consistently everywhere: while sailing, recording tracks, replaying tracks, and running route simulations. - Automatically falls back to True North when the local magnetic declination is unavailable.

- Improved Maker Flow for your current location, dedicated Marker and Camera buttons on the map, user can add marker by taking photos and videos directly from the map. - Improved Fixed Beam Sector Lights visuals in Sailing, Simulation, and Replay mode. so the no range fixed sector lights will show up when the the vessel is within 3 nautical miles of the lights. - Bug fix on Settings button when running it on Mac.

SeaVectors 2.0 — rebuilt from the ground up. Version 2.0 introduces an entirely new vector chart engine: faster, smoother, and sharper at every zoom level. It marks the most significant release in SeaVectors' history. To celebrate, everyone gets a fresh 30-day free trial — new and returning users alike. The new chart engine is something we're truly proud of, and we want every mariner to experience it. Update, open the app, and your 30 days start fresh. And even after the trial, you can keep using SeaVectors free for 60 minutes every day. What's new in 2.0 • Professional-grade chart engine — high-performance NOAA ENC vector charts rendered to the official S-57 standard with S-52 chart symbology, delivering an ECDIS-grade chart experience on mobile. Includes night and satellite styles and fully configurable layers. • Advanced instrument panel — a customizable dashboard for SOG, COG with compass, charted depth, position, route ETA, and cross-track error, plus live wind, current, and wave data from the marine forecast. NMEA 2000–ready gauges for speed through water (STW), engine RPM, battery, fuel, and gyro heading activate the moment an onboard source is connected. Precision dials, smooth live updates, and a drag-and-drop, resizable layout. • Route planning & simulation — build and edit multi-leg routes directly on the chart, with live total distance, estimated time of arrival, and fuel estimates calculated at your speed. Save, reverse, and manage routes for any voyage, then validate any plan with built-in simulation that drives your vessel and instruments along the track before departure. • Advanced weather overlays — live, animated marine weather rendered directly on the chart: wind and gusts, wave height, currents with speed and set, precipitation, and air temperature. Forecasts are read at your exact position and feed the instrument panel, sourced from authoritative government providers including NOAA and Environment Canada, with automatic commercial-data fallback for continuous, gap-free coverage worldwide. • Intelligent alerts — real-time notifications when your vessel enters a charted Restricted Area or a DFO fishing closure — including rockfish conservation areas, reef closures, and marine refuges — each with detailed, tap-through information. • Tides & offline access — redesigned 30-day tide forecasts and automatic offline chart caching as you navigate. • My Data hub — one home for your tracks, markers, and routes. Recorded tracks capture distance, duration, and point count, with color-coding and on-map replay to retrace any voyage. Drop markers for fishing spots, hazards, or anchorages and enrich them with labels, notes, photos, and video. Everything is organized in a clean, unified interface and stored in fast on-device storage. • Detailed light portrayal — charted navigation lights rendered with their colored sectors, nominal ranges, and leading beams, faithfully following S-52 conventions for clear identification by day or night. • Redesigned experience — a refreshed, modern interface built for the helm: a cleaner layout, an intuitive navigation bar, refined typography and controls, and a new app icon. Optimized for phone and tablet in portrait and landscape, with smoother performance throughout. • Simplified Chinese — full localization. • More reliable — a fresh 30-day trial for every user, plus improved subscription and trial handling and stability and performance enhancements across the app. Thank you for choosing SeaVectors. Fair winds and safe passage.

- Re-designed the Advanced Tide View, More Intuitive, Easier to Understand.

What’s New - Added NOAA ENC Chart full US coverage - Introduced GeoJSON vector charts for Canada West Coast and South China Sea - Added DFO fishing prohibited areas (211 zones) with on-chart display and entry alerts - Enhanced Weather & Wind overlays using authoritative government data - Added Tide predictions with automatic station selection and 30-day forecasts - Improved offline chart management with automatic downloads and Chart Download Manager - Introduced Advanced Search for charts, locations, and saved data