MarineCast App Reviews

Apparently covers only US Regions

Dont waste your money. I never leave feedback on these things, but I had to on this one. Its that stupid! (or maybe I am for paying $$$ for it)

Really very good it works great for my location Vancouver Island

I generally dont rate apps but if youre a boater money very well spent! I love it, forecasts textually and graphically, tide current forecasts, wind forecasts. No more guessing on the water which will be the calm side of an island at anchorage! A must have if youre a captain.

Great tool for sailors, could be improved with a wave hight and direction forecast. Additional days too. So far its a great help for my navigation in the Bahamas.

Im surprised any sailor could fault this app. I find the wind prediction module to be the best predictor of wind strength and direction - bar none. Consequently this had allowed me to get many a nights good sleep at anchor . Having said that the maps could be improved, and it is sometimes difficult to figure out exactly where one is on the maps. This app is also very good for skiing. Lets say the weather office is forecasting snow , followed by a high pressure coming in with wind. This app lets you try and figure out when that wind is coming and thus plan for your time on the slopes.

Great educational tool for water sports.

Purchased 3 days ago. Most of the reports for western lake Erie are not "currently" available. So far - not impressed.

All its feature seem to work extremely well. The wind prediction is always bang on. You do have to get use to the apps colour coding but that is not a big deal. I would not be on the water without this fantastic app.

Exelant

Poor screen resolution. Less than useful tide charts and generally under developed user interface. Stick with govt weather stations they are far more reliable.

App is busy to much going on, slow to load, not scaled properly, wind graph just difficult to read better off going to webpage to get this information than using MarineCast. There maybe some good information presented in this app but you cannot read it. Demo shots from itunes is misleading

Hi everyone. I dont often pay for apps on my iPhone, but I have to tell you, if you sail, this app is well worth the price. On land, I finally have a way to see if I should be working or sailing! With Marine Cast, I can instantly see both the marine and wind forecast from anywhere I am. The sailing season on Casco Bay is short and now I never miss the best days. On the water, just being able to quickly read the National Weather Service forecast for my area without tuning to weather band and listening through the rotation is enough to justify the expense. For competitive sailing, MarineCast is a great resource for pulling up-to-date strategic information about where the wind shifts may come from and what conditions to expect throughout the race. The tide information combined with the predictive wind models are absolutely fantastic. For me, to have all of this information in a handheld device, available anytime and anywhere is priceless. As a quick, easy to read handheld source of information, MarineCast is simply the best. I would highly recommend this application to anyone that spends time on the water.

Its great to be able to see wind predictions as I am either getting ready to sail or actually sailing. I can easily flip through the various screen shots to see what is developing, a huge help to make more specific local predictions both in terms of wind strength and direction-a key asset for racers. Having this readily available in an easily readable graphic format is a great help. Its an inexpensive app that is well worth it.

Not useful for me since it only covers sf and the bay... It doesnt go inland enough...

This App is poor. It does not give any information that can be used. The forecast just shows colors, which I assume mean different wind strengths, but there is no scale nor any values to tell you what e predicted wind speed will be. It is useless. The rest of the info just as useless. I wish I did not waste my money.

I saw this reccommended by Boat US-I really should have done a trail run if possible but there were no reviews. Save your self some money and see if there is a free trail. Its the clunkiest interface and crashes. Wish I had just stuck with Wunderground and the free material from NOAA-total waste of time and money.

Wrote a detailed trouble report and review and had it deleted. Imagine that. App does not run on a iPhone 3GS. Saw it run on a 4. But on my iPhone it just displays the banner page and dies.

Gets me the information that I need quickly.

If you sail/ board/ surf/glide buy this right now