About NOAA Buoy and Tide Data
About NOAA Buoy and Tide Data
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The first and still the best, NOAA Buoy and Tide Data allows you to retrieve weather data from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center. It also provides tide predictions for the US and Moon phase information.
The perfect tool to help plan your time on the water.
**For a map of buoys locations, go here: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
* NEW - Home page lets you keep your most commonly used data in one place.
* Search for buoys by name.
* View buoys near you with customizable search radius.
* Use GPS or manually entered location.
* Map of buoy locations.
* Detailed live buoy data with access to location specific forecasts.
* Save your favorites for easy access.
* Quick access to buoy's website from within the application.
* Buoys sorted by proximity to your selected location.
* Tide Predictions.
* Moon phases.
Data can include wind speed, gusts, and direction as well as pressure and other relevant marine data. This data is dependent on the buoy since not all buoys have the same sensors.
If you participate in activities where marine weather is important, you need this app.
Great for:
boating
sailing
diving
fishing
kite boarding
and any activity where marine weather conditions are important.
If you fish at sea like we do, this is a great app for you.
Another quality App brought to you by boaters and fisherman. We use our products everyday and listen to our customers. If you have any issues, please contact us. We will reply.
The perfect tool to help plan your time on the water.
**For a map of buoys locations, go here: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
* NEW - Home page lets you keep your most commonly used data in one place.
* Search for buoys by name.
* View buoys near you with customizable search radius.
* Use GPS or manually entered location.
* Map of buoy locations.
* Detailed live buoy data with access to location specific forecasts.
* Save your favorites for easy access.
* Quick access to buoy's website from within the application.
* Buoys sorted by proximity to your selected location.
* Tide Predictions.
* Moon phases.
Data can include wind speed, gusts, and direction as well as pressure and other relevant marine data. This data is dependent on the buoy since not all buoys have the same sensors.
If you participate in activities where marine weather is important, you need this app.
Great for:
boating
sailing
diving
fishing
kite boarding
and any activity where marine weather conditions are important.
If you fish at sea like we do, this is a great app for you.
Another quality App brought to you by boaters and fisherman. We use our products everyday and listen to our customers. If you have any issues, please contact us. We will reply.
Ratings & Reviews
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Should have read reviews
Sep 3, 2017 2nd re-write: The developer responded the same day as my review, and provided instructions to disable automatic user location (set Auto-Retrieve to off). Having downloaded the app again and making the location changes, I am still nagged with a pop-up error, "No Location. Access to location denied! Check Settings." Another issue is that wave height info is missing from most buoys I've checked along the eastern shore. NOAA comparisons show the data (just not provided from within the app). Excellent marine weather info otherwise. more -
Best App for the Professional Mariner
May 5, 2019 As a yacht delivery captain who delivered vessels all over the world, this app has been my go-to marine weather resource. I have bought other apps that claim to be NOAA Data Buoy but fail miserably in provide NOAA textual data. This app provides marine weather forecasts as well as current and historical data verbatim from NDBC/NOAA. Don’t waste your time or money. Take it from a professional mariner. This is the app you need. more -
Fixed and working!
Aug 28, 2019 I submitted a review saying the app keeps crashing when I try to open the app, preventing me from using the app, and I asked for the developers to fix this issue. Within days of submitting the review they released an update that solved the issue and the app works great! Thank you for the great customer service! more -
Excellent marine data service
May 6, 2017 Quick access to nearby or favorite buoys. Includes ship reports. Tide stations. Lots of goodies. My favorite "real time" marine weather app. -
Thank you for the long term
Aug 9, 2017 I set the app aside for years after apple undeveloped the platform. Today Buoy Data is as good as the day it started, lol. -
Excellent!!!
Jul 20, 2018 No other app combines the features and usability found in this one. As avid boaters, my husband and I rely on it all the time. -
Thanks
Jul 12, 2020 The data is older than some other apps that I am looking at. Used to be more timely. Now the email address doesn’t work either. -
The BEST!
May 25, 2020 Hands-down my favorite weather app for near a decade now. Excited to see it’s being actively developed again. This is by far the best weather app for any nautical area. No frills, accurate and timely data from an authentic, authoritative source. Thank you for developing this- I depend on it every day. 🙏🏼👍🏼 more -
Synopsis
May 1, 2019 Suddenly the synopsis has disappeared and the app keeps freezing and shutting down when I try to scroll down. -
No longer functions
Mar 14, 2021 Shut down phone Reloaded app Hasn’t updated in 7 days Received a response from developers Apparently the problem is with noaa
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Should have read reviews
Sep 3, 2017 2nd re-write: The developer responded the same day as my review, and provided instructions to disable automatic user location (set Auto-Retrieve to off). Having downloaded the app again and making the location changes, I am still nagged with a pop-up error, "No Location. Access to location denied! Check Settings." Another issue is that wave height info is missing from most buoys I've checked along the eastern shore. NOAA comparisons show the data (just not provided from within the app). Excellent marine weather info otherwise. more -
Best App for the Professional Mariner
May 5, 2019 As a yacht delivery captain who delivered vessels all over the world, this app has been my go-to marine weather resource. I have bought other apps that claim to be NOAA Data Buoy but fail miserably in provide NOAA textual data. This app provides marine weather forecasts as well as current and historical data verbatim from NDBC/NOAA. Don’t waste your time or money. Take it from a professional mariner. This is the app you need. more -
Fixed and working!
Aug 28, 2019 I submitted a review saying the app keeps crashing when I try to open the app, preventing me from using the app, and I asked for the developers to fix this issue. Within days of submitting the review they released an update that solved the issue and the app works great! Thank you for the great customer service! more -
Excellent marine data service
May 6, 2017 Quick access to nearby or favorite buoys. Includes ship reports. Tide stations. Lots of goodies. My favorite "real time" marine weather app. -
Thank you for the long term
Aug 9, 2017 I set the app aside for years after apple undeveloped the platform. Today Buoy Data is as good as the day it started, lol. -
Excellent!!!
Jul 20, 2018 No other app combines the features and usability found in this one. As avid boaters, my husband and I rely on it all the time. -
Thanks
Jul 12, 2020 The data is older than some other apps that I am looking at. Used to be more timely. Now the email address doesn’t work either. -
The BEST!
May 25, 2020 Hands-down my favorite weather app for near a decade now. Excited to see it’s being actively developed again. This is by far the best weather app for any nautical area. No frills, accurate and timely data from an authentic, authoritative source. Thank you for developing this- I depend on it every day. 🙏🏼👍🏼 more -
Synopsis
May 1, 2019 Suddenly the synopsis has disappeared and the app keeps freezing and shutting down when I try to scroll down. -
No longer functions
Mar 14, 2021 Shut down phone Reloaded app Hasn’t updated in 7 days Received a response from developers Apparently the problem is with noaa
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Requires GPS ALWAYS
May 29, 2017 What a bust. As long as you have gps running the program works. If you have it off to do some planning, it will not work. This is not a navigation program. Once I store my favorites, I should be able to access them. Anytime! -
Doesn’t seem to work.
May 18, 2018 The app is slow and doesn’t seem to work. I would like a refund. -
Wave Height
Jul 15, 2018 This app does not make use of reported wave information -
Very few listings
Jul 6, 2018 I boat on a large lake with numerous buoys and the app shows one or two on the lake. Junk -
Refund please
Aug 9, 2018 Poor app - should have read the reviews -
Dumb
Jul 19, 2017 This is hands down the worst app I have for tide charts. Rid of it please. -
Has potential but needs work
Jul 27, 2009 Does a good job of summarizing buoy data from buoys near you. The link to "Show Original Article" takes you to the official NOAA buoy web site which DOES have a map of the buoys on it. Unfortunately, there's no back button anywhere - not on the station data screen nor on the linked web page screen. So you can't get from the station data back to the list of buoys nor properly browse the actual NOAA buoy web site, nor return to the data summary screen from the NOAA site, without using the "Reload" button. That's the same a starting the app again. They should add a back button. Or, at least, have an option to open the "Original Article" in the built-in web browser instead of in this crippled environment. You may find it easier to simply use Safari to access the NOAA site and add links to the buoys you use most. more
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Best App for the Professional Mariner
May 5, 2019 As a yacht delivery captain who delivered vessels all over the world, this app has been my go-to marine weather resource. I have bought other apps that claim to be NOAA Data Buoy but fail miserably in provide NOAA textual data. This app provides marine weather forecasts as well as current and historical data verbatim from NDBC/NOAA. Don’t waste your time or money. Take it from a professional mariner. This is the app you need. more -
Fixed and working!
Aug 28, 2019 I submitted a review saying the app keeps crashing when I try to open the app, preventing me from using the app, and I asked for the developers to fix this issue. Within days of submitting the review they released an update that solved the issue and the app works great! Thank you for the great customer service! more -
Excellent marine data service
May 6, 2017 Quick access to nearby or favorite buoys. Includes ship reports. Tide stations. Lots of goodies. My favorite "real time" marine weather app. -
Thank you for the long term
Aug 9, 2017 I set the app aside for years after apple undeveloped the platform. Today Buoy Data is as good as the day it started, lol. -
Excellent!!!
Jul 20, 2018 No other app combines the features and usability found in this one. As avid boaters, my husband and I rely on it all the time. -
The BEST!
May 25, 2020 Hands-down my favorite weather app for near a decade now. Excited to see it’s being actively developed again. This is by far the best weather app for any nautical area. No frills, accurate and timely data from an authentic, authoritative source. Thank you for developing this- I depend on it every day. 🙏🏼👍🏼 more
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No longer functions
Mar 14, 2021 Shut down phone Reloaded app Hasn’t updated in 7 days Received a response from developers Apparently the problem is with noaa -
Great app.
Dec 7, 2009 This is a great app. I work on tug boats and have to cross the Gulf of Alaska on a regular basis. This app makes getting the bouy reports and forcasts WAY easier then navigating NOAA's site. One thing that would be nice is a search function so you can type in a bouy's number or name, instead of having to increase the distance from your location till the bouy you want comes up. Also don't listen to the people that give this app a low score as most of them don't realize that NOAA only puts these bouy's offshore. Although you can look at weather stations that are based on land. more
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Should have read reviews
Sep 3, 2017 2nd re-write: The developer responded the same day as my review, and provided instructions to disable automatic user location (set Auto-Retrieve to off). Having downloaded the app again and making the location changes, I am still nagged with a pop-up error, "No Location. Access to location denied! Check Settings." Another issue is that wave height info is missing from most buoys I've checked along the eastern shore. NOAA comparisons show the data (just not provided from within the app). Excellent marine weather info otherwise. more -
Thanks
Jul 12, 2020 The data is older than some other apps that I am looking at. Used to be more timely. Now the email address doesn’t work either. -
Synopsis
May 1, 2019 Suddenly the synopsis has disappeared and the app keeps freezing and shutting down when I try to scroll down.
-
Requires GPS ALWAYS
May 29, 2017 What a bust. As long as you have gps running the program works. If you have it off to do some planning, it will not work. This is not a navigation program. Once I store my favorites, I should be able to access them. Anytime! -
Wave Height
Jul 15, 2018 This app does not make use of reported wave information
-
Doesn’t seem to work.
May 18, 2018 The app is slow and doesn’t seem to work. I would like a refund. -
Very few listings
Jul 6, 2018 I boat on a large lake with numerous buoys and the app shows one or two on the lake. Junk -
Refund please
Aug 9, 2018 Poor app - should have read the reviews -
Dumb
Jul 19, 2017 This is hands down the worst app I have for tide charts. Rid of it please. -
Has potential but needs work
Jul 27, 2009 Does a good job of summarizing buoy data from buoys near you. The link to "Show Original Article" takes you to the official NOAA buoy web site which DOES have a map of the buoys on it. Unfortunately, there's no back button anywhere - not on the station data screen nor on the linked web page screen. So you can't get from the station data back to the list of buoys nor properly browse the actual NOAA buoy web site, nor return to the data summary screen from the NOAA site, without using the "Reload" button. That's the same a starting the app again. They should add a back button. Or, at least, have an option to open the "Original Article" in the built-in web browser instead of in this crippled environment. You may find it easier to simply use Safari to access the NOAA site and add links to the buoys you use most. more
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Release Notes
8.05
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