Buoy Finder NOAA NDBC


Buoy Finder NOAA NDBC
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Description

Get near real-time data from NOAA/NDBC buoy stations, global sea surface temperatures and weather forecast provided by coastal and inland stations directly on your iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad! Use Buoy Finder to find all available buoys and plan your sailing/fishing/surfing/boating expedition!

NOAA Buoy Finder a provides instant access to live data transmitted from over 750 buoys scattered throughout North America, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. Most buoys provide information about current wave heights, wave periods, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, water temperature, atmospheric pressure, pressure tendency, dew point.

▸ Use marine weather map to find all available buoy stations, once you find the one you want - just tap on it to get detailed readings.
▸ Save your favorite weather buoys so that you can access them quickly on your iPhone and Apple Watch
▸ Add buoy station to the list of favorite locations and get details on your iPhone and Apple Watch
▸ The app works offline, the latest observations will always be accessible for every buoy station
▸ Using satellite scanner Buoy Finder reports sea surface temperatures (SST) for almost every place in the world.
▸ Get accurate weather conditions and weather forecast for more than 2,000,000 locations worldwide.
▸ Buoy stations can be searched using the map, by station ID or using search terms that may describe their location, ie: New Jersey.

▸ Use detailed screens to get all information at a glance
▸ Use Apple Watch app to get latest observations from buoy or ground station
▸ Use spotlight to go directly to your favorite locations
▸ Share your data to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram and email

Over 750 buoy locations available.
Buoys are available in the following regions:

▸ East Coast U.S
▸ West Coast U.S
▸ Gulf Coast U.S
▸ Great Lakes U.S
▸ Hawaii
▸ Alaska
▸ Europe
▸ Canada
▸ Canadian Maritimes
▸ Caribbean


Key features:

▸ The most complete app for buoy observations
▸ Near-real time observations from buoys (up to 10 different types of data including current wave heights, wave periods, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, water temperature, atmospheric pressure, pressure tendency, dew point)
▸ Global sea surface temperatures
▸ Current weather conditions for over 2,000,000 locations
▸ Up to 10-day weather forecast
▸ Unlimited number of your favorite buoys and surface locations
▸ Takes full advantage of the new screen sizes (iPhone X/XS/XR, iPad PRO and Apple Watch devices)

The volume of information reported by buoy station depends on it's construction or other reasons. In case if you don't see wave height, wind speed, or anything else, please understand that it is not the app's limitation. Please feel free to contact us at http://www.elecont.com with any questions or suggestions.

What's New in Version 2.1

We constantly work on improving Buoy Finder app! With this update the app stability should be increased first.

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