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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

5 ★ 31% 4 ★ 13% 3 ★ 0% 2 ★ 19% 1 ★ 38%

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

Alternatives to Coastal Explorer

Looking for apps like Coastal Explorer? Here are 6 similar apps on the App Store. The highest rated is PNW Boaters Guide (4.9/5), and 4 of the 6 are free to download.

Coastal Explorer vs. alternatives
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Coastal Explorer 2.8 / 5 (16 ratings) Free July 4, 2025
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SEAiq 4.7 / 5 (193) Free Sep 23, 2026
PNW Boaters Guide 4.9 / 5 (11) Free Apr 8, 2026
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SEAiq Pilot 4.9 / 5 (453) Free Sep 23, 2026