Boater Briefer
Innealta LLC Weather iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Boater Briefer is a free Weather app for iPhone and iPad by Innealta LLC. Rated 5.0/5 from 6 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated September 13, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 6 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 107 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 13
- 2026 · v1.0.15
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About Boater Briefer
Boater Briefer turns NOAA marine weather, tide predictions, and saltwater fishing data into a single daily briefing — built specifically for recreational boaters and coastal anglers. WHY BOATER BRIEFER • Narrated audio briefings — listen to today's conditions while you rig up. Captain's Call summarizes wind, sea state, tides, and visibility in one short, hands-free read. • Tides done right — 24-hour curve, hi/lo times, monthly calendar, and live countdown to the next change. Subordinate stations supported. • Marine-grade weather — wind, waves, sea state, water temperature, marine alerts, and multi-day NWS forecasts. Plain language, not raw codes. • Offline-first — last-known briefing and tide data work when you're out of signal. The app re-syncs when you're back ashore. • Saltwater fishing — species regs by state, fishing windows scored by tide, sun, moon, and barometric pressure. Photos for ID. Closed seasons hidden automatically. • Marine charts — NOAA ENC overlay on a MapLibre vector basemap. Pinch, zoom, and explore harbors, channels, and waypoints. • Multi-location carousel — your GPS plus saved waypoints, swipe between them like Apple Weather. • Thousands of locations — Every U.S. coastal state is in, plus the Gulf and Pacific islands — wherever NOAA runs a tide station and the NWS issues a marine forecast. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY • No ads. No tracking. No accounts. • Location is used only to fetch your briefing and never linked to an identity. • Crash and performance data are anonymized and can be turned off in Settings. PERFECT FOR • Day cruisers, sailors, and yacht owners • Saltwater anglers (striper, bluefish, fluke, tuna, and more) • Harbormasters and dock crews who want a quick read on conditions • Anyone planning a coastal trip, kayak run, or fishing window GETTING STARTED Open the app and grant location once — your briefing loads in seconds. Swipe right to add waypoints (Salem Harbor, Bluefish Channel, your home dock, anywhere on saltwater). Each waypoint gets its own carousel page with tides, weather, fishing, and a tap-to-listen audio briefing. DATA SOURCES NOAA Tides & Currents, National Weather Service, Open-Meteo Marine, NDBC buoy network. The same authoritative sources commercial maritime tools use, packaged for the rest of us. SUPPORT Issues? Suggestions? Email [email protected] or visit innealta.com. We respond personally, usually within a day.
Ratings & reviews
5.0
6 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.0.15 · Updated September 13, 2026
Ask the Captain, rebuilt around the answer. • You can see it working. The Captain's card is on screen the moment you ask, with a line that says whether it's composing or searching deeper in the library — no more blank wait. • An honest "no". When something genuinely isn't in the Captain's library, it says so plainly instead of dressing up a non-answer — and offers questions the library can answer. • A better place to start. Browse by topic — safety, navigation rules, fishing, local knowledge — and tap a question written out in full, exactly as it will be asked. • Your earlier questions, kept aboard. Reopen a past conversation from the history button; swipe one away and undo if you missed. • Tidier answers. Sources, Listen, copy and share sit in one row under the answer, with suggested follow-ups last. Also in this release: • The map's waypoint tip now appears once, not on every launch. • Polish and stability improvements throughout.
App privacy
The developer, Innealta LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
- Location: Precise Location, Coarse Location
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boater Briefer | 5.0 / 5 (6 ratings) | Free | September 13, 2026 |
| NOAA Marine Weather & Forecast | 4.5 / 5 (5,044) | Free | Aug 18, 2026 |
| NOAA Marine Forecast: Buoycast | 4.6 / 5 (13,630) | Free | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Marine Weather Forecast Pro | 4.7 / 5 (16,350) | Free | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Buoyweather - Marine Forecasts | 4.7 / 5 (1,001) | Free | Sep 23, 2026 |
| FishWeather: Marine Forecasts | 4.7 / 5 (5,156) | Free | Aug 25, 2026 |
| WindHub: Sailing Weather | 4.2 / 5 (252) | Free | Jul 27, 2026 |