A small red and white rowing boat alone on calm teal water, seen from above

Know which way the water is going

Tidewater predicts tide heights and stream arrows for 140 harbours on the UK south coast. It works offline for 7 days and warns you an hour before the tide turns.

4.8 from 3,100 ratings · No account needed to try it

The tide, the stream, and when it turns

One screen per harbour. Drag through the day to see the height rise and fall, and watch the stream arrows swing round at the entrance.

140

Harbours, entrances and anchorages

Tide heights and stream arrows for the whole UK south coast.

7days

Offline, with no signal

Sync before you leave and a week of predictions stays on the phone.

1hour

Warning before the tide turns

An alert sixty minutes before every high and low water at your harbours.

13:00Offline · synced 6 days left
Poole Harbour EntranceThu 1 Oct
1.4m Rising
0006121824
13:00
Stream at entrance
1.6 kn
Flooding, setting NW
High water 16:24 · in 3 h 24 minAlert set for 15:24
A weathered wooden jetty running into still water at dusk

“When visiting skippers ask me about the entrance, I tell them to get Tidewater. You can see the ebb running out of Poole before you're in it.”

Harbourmaster, Poole Harbour
4.8
from 3,100 ratings
12
sailing clubs use it

Three steps to your first tide

  1. Step 1

    Download Tidewater

    Free on iPhone and Android. No account and no sign-up to try it.

  2. Step 2

    Pick three harbours

    Your home port, where you're heading, and somewhere to run to. All three are free.

  3. Step 3

    Sync before you sail

    One tap stores 7 days of predictions offline and sets an alert an hour before each turn.

Before you download

The four things sailors ask us most.

Yes. Open the app while you have signal and it stores 7 days of predictions for your harbours. Heights, stream arrows and turn alerts all work with no connection. After 7 days it needs signal once to refresh.

140 harbours, entrances and anchorages along the UK south coast, from Cornwall to Kent, including Poole, the Solent and Chichester Harbour.

It's free for 3 harbours, for as long as you like. All 140 harbours cost £24 a year. You don't need an account to try it.

No. Tidewater helps you plan around the tide. Carry an up-to-date chart and use it for navigation.

A dark rock island reflected in wet sand at low tide

Catch the next tide

Free for 3 harbours. £24 a year for all 140. No account needed to try it.