iPHONE and iPad. At the push of a button TIDES PLANNER allows you to see TIDES in 2010 and 2011 for nearly 5,000 locations worldwide. NO CONNECTION REQUIRED as the app has its own database. EMAIL tides from the app. Essential companion for sailors, divers, canoeists, fishermen, surfers, swimmers and anyone involved with sport or leisure at the seaside.
FEATURES
- Spinning globe for rapid location search
- Search by name
- Tidal graphs
- Week ahead tide table
- Minimum/maximum depths
- Chart depth/actual depth
- Standard port information
- Time of sunrise/sunset
- Date of spring/neap tides
- Notepad and cut/paste - passage plan or trip reminder
- Favourites and recents
- Scrolling scales
- Email.
Advanced users can use tools to calculate time windows for entering/leaving and clearing depths.
DATES
The dates you can access depend on restrictions imposed by various hydrographic offices and license agreements.
- UK, Ireland, Germany and UKHO copyright ports: SEVEN DAYS at a time. To acquire a licence to see tides ANY DAY for these ports you need to extend the App with an In App purchase: do this with your iPhone/iPod once the application is installed (see price in this iTunes page).
- Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, South Africa, Oman, Argentina: SEVEN DAYS at a time.
- France, Italy, USA, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Australia, New Zealand, Japan: ANY DAY in the year.
COVERAGE
All major countries covered: Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East, Australasia, Atlantic and Pacific Islands, Artic and Antartic.
** Current exceptions: Singapore, Thailand, Brazil, India, Russia and China.
ABOUT US
Tucabo: developers, pilot book writers and sailors. Look out for other applications in the Marine Navigation Series from Tucabo and Imray.
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See the app on YouTube - search for Tides Planner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62MaM6v52_A
LANGUAGES
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese
ABOUT PREDICTIONS
Predictions are based on the harmonic method, using constants from the Hydro offices (UKHO, SHOM, NOAA, BOM, CHS etc). There are differences between the app predictions and the official Hydro office tide tables, as these are based on large numbers of constants that are not made publicly available. The app's tidal curves are almost identical to those produced by the Hydro offices, it is only the choice of peaks that may differ.
Always consult tidal curves and take into account local weather (pressure and wind) and swell conditions, which can have a very significant effect on sea water levels.
