Quick Start Guide

Know Before You Go

Real-time marine conditions, safety and fishing briefings, and tide data — everything you need before heading out on the water.

Boater Briefer™ dashboard showing marine conditions, tide chart, and weather data for a coastal location.

Step 1 — Find your location

Tap Map in the bottom bar to explore the nautical chart, or tap the location name at the top to search for a harbor, bay, or marina by name.

Location picker showing interactive nautical chart map. — Explore the chart

Location search showing results for Beverly Harbor. — Search by name

Quick switch

Tap the location name at the top to quickly switch between nearby marine features — harbors, bays, and channels close to your current spot.

Location switcher showing nearby marine features like harbors and bays. — Quick switch nearby

Step 2 — Save your favorite spots

Found a great spot? Save it as a waypoint. Tap Saved in the bottom bar to manage your list — reorder, rename, or set a home location.

Saving a new waypoint from the location picker. — Save a waypoint

Waypoint drawer showing saved locations with reorder and edit options. — Manage your list

Step 3 — Swipe between locations

Each saved waypoint gets its own page with independent conditions. Swipe left and right to move between them using the carousel dots above the bottom bar.

Dashboard footer showing navigation dots for multiple saved locations.

Step 4 — Get your briefing

Today

Tap “Get Briefing” for a real-time safety assessment of current conditions. The status ring glows green, yellow, or red based on the overall safety rating.

Captain's Call card showing the Get Briefing button. — Ready to brief

Captain's Call showing a safety briefing result with conditions status. — Safety assessment

Listen to your briefing

Every briefing includes an audio version that plays automatically. Use the controls to pause, rewind, or share.

Audio player with play/pause, rewind, and share controls.

Week

Switch to the Week tab for a multi-day marine forecast. Each day shows wind, seas, and a safety rating to help you plan.

Fishing

Switch to the Fishing tab for a local fishing briefing — best times, target species with seasons and regulations, and hot spots near you. Tap any species for photos, size limits, and current season status.

Species detail drawer showing photo, season dates, and size limits. — Species detail

Condition cards

Below the briefing, find detailed data cards with real-time and forecast information — Wind & Seas, Tide Chart, NWS Forecast, Sunrise & Moon.

Conditions grid showing wind, seas, water temperature, and tide chart. — Conditions & Tides

Astronomical data showing sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and moon phase. — Astro

Monthly tide schedule

Tap the calendar icon next to the tide station name to open a full monthly tide schedule. Browse highs, lows, moon phases, and sunrise/sunset times for any month.

Copy the briefing text to your clipboard with the copy icon in the top corner. Tap the share button on the audio player to save or send the MP3 file.

Captain's Call card showing the copy-to-clipboard icon and audio share button.

Step 6 — Refresh and customize

Pull down on the page to refresh all conditions data. Tap Settings in the bottom bar to adjust briefing detail level, voice, and theme.

Settings drawer showing briefing detail level and voice selection options.