Description
Navigate the tides with confidence using RipCat's professional-grade tide charts and forecasts.
Whether you're a surfer seeking the perfect wave, an angler timing your catch, or a coastal explorer planning beach adventures, RipCat delivers the precise tidal information you need.
KEY FEATURES:
Beautiful Interactive Charts • Stunning real-time tide visualizations • 48-hour detailed forecasts with hourly precision • Live water level animations showing current tide state • Swipe to scrub through time and see exact tide heights
Comprehensive Station Network • Access thousands of NOAA tide stations worldwide • Smart search by city, state, or station name • Interactive map view with station pins and details • Automatic location-based suggestions
Favorites & Quick Access • Save unlimited favorite spots for instant access • Quick tide snapshots for each saved location • iCloud sync keeps favorites across all devices • Widgets for home screen tide updates
Rip Current Safety Alerts • Advanced risk modeling using tidal range and lunar cycles • Real-time safety warnings for dangerous conditions • Educational safety information for water activities
Printable Tide Calendars • Monthly tide calendar generation with solar calculations • High, low, sunrise, and sunset times • Ink-friendly printing options (color, grayscale, black & white) • Perfect for boats, tackle shops, and planning
Apple Watch Integration • All complication families supported • Live Activities for ongoing tide tracking • Quick tide status right on your wrist
iOS Widgets & Shortcuts • Small, medium, and large home screen widgets • Lock screen widgets for instant tide info • Siri Shortcuts: "What's the tide at..." • Share tide data with friends and crew
Dark Mode & Accessibility • Beautiful dark mode for night fishing • Full VoiceOver support with audio chart descriptions • Keyboard navigation and accessibility rotor • Large text and high contrast support
Advanced Features • Metric and imperial units (ft/m) • Haptic feedback for better interaction • Sound design with realistic water audio • Export and share capabilities
SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS: • Monthly: $2.99 • Annual: $19.99 (best value - save 44%) • iCloud sync and all premium features included
PERFECT FOR: • Surfers tracking optimal tide windows • Fishermen timing peak feeding periods
• Boaters planning safe harbor entries • Beach photographers capturing perfect light • Coastal hikers exploring tide pools • Marine professionals requiring precise data
DATA SOURCE: Powered by NOAA's official tide prediction network, the same trusted source used by marine professionals worldwide.
TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE: Built with SwiftUI for iOS 17+, featuring smooth 60fps animations, efficient battery usage, and instant data access even in poor network conditions.
Transform your relationship with the ocean. Download RipCat and never miss the perfect tide again.
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What's new (v1.2)
RipCat 1.2 is a full Today screen tune-up for faster tide checks, cleaner surf planning, and better offline confidence.
What’s new:
- Cleaner Today layout with spot and formatted date first.
- Inline calendar/date selection that refreshes the same screen.
- Combined Current Tide, Low Tide, and Live Activity tracking.
- Solar Tide Dial now sits above the Tide Curve, with both controls linked in real time.
- Live sun and moon positions now move with the selected tide time.
- Cleaner Tide Curve marker with a subtle reticle instead of the old red marker.
- Future Sun & Moon Schedule events can now be tracked live, including next-day moonset when eligible.
- Recently loaded tide data is cached for offline use and shared with Apple Watch.
- Dark mode, pull-to-refresh title behavior, watch icon presentation, haptics, and release metadata were cleaned up.
- visionOS support remains in place with a corrected layered app icon package.
Special thanks:
Multiple UI enhancements were suggested by the legendary Phil H., creator of 17ft.com, while on a surf strike mission to
Hollister Ranch. Calendar date functionality was suggested by Alan Siebs of Goleta, CA, and it is now integrated into the
release. Shout out to CS Goodland as well.
Alan - please remind young Jack that as soon as he can do 50 push ups, we will take him to the secret spots north of town where the wild
things get barreled.
Shout out to Rude at SLC8 and Baby D of the “Down with Da BBC crew.”
We are leading with what makes us different - thank you web pablo (at) M.A.C.
And a Massive MaSsIvE MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO Spencer Sterling and Cousin Ryan from Da Pinch My Salt Podcast -=You KnOw Da RuleZ=-