Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Weather | Free | Swanson Industries, LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Interactive Map
● Buoy markers provide instant condition readings by displaying wind speed and direction.
● Zoom in or out to change your geographic conditions perspective.
● Conditions are automatically refreshed ever 5 minutes.
● Units indicator reminds you of wind speed units displayed in the buoy markers.
● The filter buttons let you switch between displaying all buoys and only your favorite buoys and/or hiding buoys with stale data for a more focused view.
Alerts
● Create custom alerts to be notified when wind and/or wave conditions at buoys you care about reach criteria you have set.
● Easily manage alerts from the All Alerts view.
● Pause alerts without deleting them from the All Alerts view.
● Touch an alert to launch BuoyWhale and scroll the map to the buoy specified in the alert.
● Press and hold an alert to open an enhanced alert window with additional alert details. (iOS 12+)
Current Conditions
● See detailed current conditions as reported by each buoy.
● Current conditions age and next update time as predicted by BuoyWhale.
● Get sun and moon rise/set times for the current day.
● Wind speed and gust chart plots conditions from the past 10 readings.
● Wind rose shows wind direction, speed and frequency for the past 10 readings.
● Barometric pressure and tendency charted for the past 10 readings.
● Set wind and/or wave alerts for the current buoy.
● Add or remove the current buoy from your favorites list.
Note: data reported by each buoy can vary. Data reported may include: wind speed, wind gust speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, air and sea temperature, dew point, wave height and frequency, tide, and visibility.
All Buoys List
● Scroll through the entire list of NOAA buoys around the world.
● Quickly search and filter the buoy list by buoy name and/or description.
● Sort by: distance, favorites, last update, or station name.
● Filter the list so that only favorite buoys are displayed.
● Access buoy conditions directly from the All Buoys list.
● Scroll the map to any buoy from the All Buoys list.
Settings
● Customize observation units for temperature, wind speed, barometric pressure, and wave height.
● Automatically center the map on the last location at start up.
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● Go ad free for one year via the optional in-app purchase.
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