Beach Report: Tides & Forecast

Is it a good beach day? Beach Report answers in one line, using the beach-safety flag, water and air temperature, wind, waves, rip-current risk, UV, tides and the forecast. It covers beaches and coastal destinations near you or anywhere you search.

FEATURES
• Beaches near you, nearest first, each with its flag and today's readings
• A map of the same beaches, and search by beach name or city
• A plain-English answer to "Should you go?", with what to watch for in the water
• Tap the flag to see why it's flying and what to do
• Water and air temperature, wind, waves, humidity and rip-current risk at a glance
• A UV scale showing the current reading and today's peak
• Forecasts for the next few hours and the next five days, and a tide chart for US beaches
• Waves by day: height, period and the hour they peak
• Webcam snapshots on beach pages, where available
• Restrooms, showers, parking, camping and accessibility, plus a map of spots visitors have pinned
• Reports from people at the beach today about sargassum, jellyfish, parking, bugs and the sky. File your own when you're there
• Beach events such as cleanups, tournaments and turtle releases. Say you're going and add them to your calendar
• Directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps, and a conditions card you can share
• Saved beaches open with their last report when you have no signal
• Alerts when a saved beach reaches the hazard level you choose, with quiet hours and a daily limit per beach
• Two Home Screen widgets: current conditions and a four-day surf outlook
• Apple Watch app with the safety read, readings and tides for your saved beaches
• °F or °C, dark mode, and support for the largest text sizes on every screen

Free. You don't need an account to read conditions. Signing in with Apple or Google is optional. It syncs your saved beaches and units between devices and lets you post to a beach.

In the US, conditions come from NOAA: the National Weather Service, the National Data Buoy Center and CO-OPS tide stations. Everywhere else they come from Open-Meteo, which has no tides.

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Safety note: flags shown may be inferred from current conditions and are not a substitute for on-site lifeguard flags or official guidance. Always follow posted signs and lifeguards.