drfty
How's a swim looking?
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Check the water before you go for a swim. drfty puts real-time quality grades for every LAWA-monitored swim site in Aotearoa on your Apple Watch, iPhone, and lock screen.
APPLE WATCH
Pin any swim site as a watch face complication. See the water quality grade, tide direction, and sea temperature the moment you raise your wrist — no phone, no app, no fuss.
NEARBY SITES
Open the app and instantly see the closest monitored beaches, rivers, and lakes sorted by distance. Wellington Harbour, Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay — wherever you are.
MARINE CONDITIONS
Sea surface temperature · Wave height and period · UV index · Tide state with next high and low tide times — for coastal sites.
SEARCH
Find any of the 900+ LAWA-monitored sites across New Zealand by name.
LOCK SCREEN WIDGET
Pin your favourite beach to your iPhone lock screen. Animated tide fill updates throughout the day.
SIRI
"What's the water like at Oriental Bay in drfty?" — hands-free conditions, any time.
PRIVACY FIRST
No account required. No ads. No personal data stored. Location is used on-device only to find nearby sites — never logged or shared.
drfty is free. If it saves you a swim in dodgy water, you can buy me a coffee or a beer from inside the app.
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Water quality: LAWA (Land Air Water Aotearoa), CC BY 4.0
Tide predictions: NIWA
Marine conditions: Open-Meteo
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Weather, wind, and surf conditions now show on Apple Watch complications and iPhone home and lock screen widgets. See what the water's like at a glance — without opening the app.
The developer, JUSTIN ASHLEY MOORE, 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.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- JUSTIN ASHLEY MOORE
- Size
- 3.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Buy me a beer $0.99
- Buy me a coffee $0.49
- Copyright
- © 2026 Justin Moore
