Coastal Explorer
Rose Point Navigation Systems, Inc Navigation iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Coastal Explorer is a free Navigation app for iPhone and iPad by Rose Point Navigation Systems, Inc. Rated 2.8/5 from 16 ratings. Requires iOS 14.0.
- Rating
- 2.8
- 16 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 54 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 4
- 2025 · v1.3
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About Coastal Explorer
Coastal Explorer™ is a sophisticated, full-featured, easy-to-use cruise planning and logging tool designed specifically for the pleasure boater. And it becomes a complete navigation system with the purchase of a chart subscription. The free Coastal Explorer app provides these great planning features: * View NOAA and USACE nautical charts for the US in vector format * Create routes, waypoints, boundaries, and other navigation objects * Cloud-synchronization of your navigation objects * ActiveCaptain points of interest * US Coast Pilot information * Marine weather forecasts and observations for the US * Tide and current predictions for the US Purchasing a chart subscription turns Coastal Explorer into a complete navigation system that includes: * Downloadable charts, tide and current predictions, Coast Pilot, and ActiveCaptain places for offline use * Interfacing with compatible networked marine electronics devices, including GPS, compass, depth sounder, anemometer, AIS, autopilot, and more * Customizable instrument panels * Route following with cross-track error, distance and time to go, estimated time of arrival, etc * Track and event recording * Integrated blogging Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. See our Terms of Service at https://www.rosepoint.com/legal/terms_of_service.
Ratings & reviews
2.8
16 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.3 · Updated July 4, 2025
* Added an Anchor Watch instrument * Show ARPA Targets received via NMEA 0183 * Boundary Circle radius dragging * Boundary Lines and Areas can now have icons and show their names on the chart * Much improved formatting for text files attached to charts * Show a cursor when chart object properties are being viewed indicating the tap location * Tide and Current Predictions in Canada * Show AIS Locator Device targets (SART, MOB, EPIRB) with their own symbol rather than as vessels * Various other fixes
App privacy
The developer, Rose Point Navigation Systems, Inc, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
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