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    • roadrunner40R Offline
      roadrunner40 @ivo
      last edited by

      @ivo Tides layer is a nice addon but it's presentation feels outdated with the brown and blue lines compared to the rest of the app or website. To match the rest of the website which is very visual I was thinking about a tide chart with a sinusoidal curve with high and low points and a vertical line showing current time on the chart.

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      • ? Offline
        A Former User
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        Tides are one of my important features, since I spend a significant time there. I would like to see the exact measurements I.e. decimals included. Thanks!

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        • SVFLIGHTS Offline
          SVFLIGHT | Premium
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          Fantastic and very useful addition to W. My daily go to for passage planning. Simple and complete. Thank you.

          Hallberg-Rassy 40 MKII
          Newpot, RI
          USA 88000

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          • TZT Offline
            TZ Windy Staff
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            @SVFLIGHT @William-Cane @roadrunner40 @BlueMovement @Clark-Pine thank you for your interest in Tides. We considered it just a supplementary feature over the time. I am happy to read that you are using it. It seems that we should give it some facelift :)

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              Brian Chalmers @ivo | Premium
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              @ivo Would you consider presenting tidal flows as a sine wave for all sites. The resultant visual presentation would make tidal estimates very quick as most mariners and boaties know the rule of twelfths

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              • quantenschaumQ Offline
                quantenschaum | Premium
                last edited by quantenschaum

                I just for fun compared the tide prediction by windy with those available at the german BSH.

                It's not too bad, the times for high and low water are pretty close useful as guide on how to plan a passage. I was mainly puzzled by the hights shown in windy. There are negative values. So the values given are definitely not suitable for use in navigational calculations, which is totally ok because the feature is experimental.

                What hight reference datum does windy use?

                In marine navigation the usual reference datum for water levels/depth is LAT=lowest astronomical tide which is used as zero depth in nautical charts and which ensures that hights of tides are always positive (by definition) and depths in a nav chart are minimal depth. (Actual water level may get negative due to wind or other influences but not due to calculated tides.)

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                  shanemckay @Tomber42
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                  @Tomber42
                  Also needs to state day and date ie , wed 05 or Thurs 06

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                  • AndyTreeA Offline
                    AndyTree @Jungbl | Premium
                    last edited by

                    @Jungbl you forgot to mention that air pressure affects tides.

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                    • steve weatherman smithS Offline
                      steve weatherman smith
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                      The Tide forecast isn't correct for Clearwater beach Florida the time zone should be set for - 5 GMT it is 5 hours difference from Eastern time to GMT London. Not - 4 GMT so thefore it's off envyone knows it's 5 hours difference from Eastern time to Greenwich mean time so why do you have the tide forecast saying it's -4 GMT hours when it isn't

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                      • idefix37I Offline
                        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @steve weatherman smith
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                        @steve-weatherman-smith
                        Your are probably right concerning the difference between local time and UTC time

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                        But is the local time of the tide correct?

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                          jessamundi | Premium
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                          Is there a way to change tidal values to metres from feet ?

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                          • idefix37I Offline
                            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @jessamundi
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                            @jessamundi
                            Both units are shown in the table.

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                              Patrick Parma
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                              Hello is it possible to have the tide times in the rest of Europe, like france, Italy, Spain, etc…
                              Thank you

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                                kekert Windy Staff @Patrick Parma
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                                @Patrick-Parma coming soon

                                kekert

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                                  pintaf @kekert | Premium
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi all.

                                  Just found that only in browser. It seems to work in every part of the globe:
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                                  At the very bottom, there are tides !
                                  It's super super useful for me now as I'm in brasil kitesurfing and want to know when the lagoon is full, but also usefull when at home north of France when beaches disappear at high big tides. (You always need a few meters to setup your gear ;-) )

                                  When is this planed to come into the windy app (android) ?

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                                  • SutyS Offline
                                    Suty Windy Staff @pintaf
                                    last edited by

                                    @pintaf We are already releasing the app for both platforms, so it should be available in upcoming hours or days.

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                                      andreshs1 @Suty | Premium
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                                      @Suty Helllo

                                      I live in Hong Kong and I'm not able to het any tide information in the App (i use android)

                                      Is there a limitation due to the location ?

                                      Cheers

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                                      • idefix37I Offline
                                        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @andreshs1
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                                        @andreshs1
                                        It seems the tide chart is available near Hong Kong too.

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