Marine Locations & Weather
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ReadyHelm keeps a catalog of marine locations (marinas, harbors, anchorages, and NOAA tide stations) so the places you enter can be linked to real NOAA forecasts and tide predictions.
Picking a location
Location fields use the location picker. These include a boat's Location (its home port, set under Edit vessel → Location) and a trip's departure and stops in Captain's Log.
- Type to search. Start typing a name and pick a match. A linked location shows 📍 Linked to a known location — forecast available. Unlink reverts to plain text.
- Pick on map. Opens a map with a NOAA nautical chart layer. Browse known locations, use Near Me to jump to where you are, or tap an empty spot to Add a new location. Give the new location a name and type (Marina, Harbor, Anchorage, and so on). If a known location is nearby, ReadyHelm asks whether you meant that one first, to avoid duplicates. New locations are reviewed by the ReadyHelm team before they become visible to everyone.
- Plain text still works. You don't have to pick from the catalog. An unlinked location just won't have a forecast. Some places are outside NOAA's forecast coverage, and the picker tells you when that's the case.
Weather on Home
The Weather tile on Home shows current NOAA conditions at each boat's home port: wind speed, direction, and gusts, wave height, and the next high or low tide. To see a boat here, set its Location to a linked location.
Trip forecasts
An active trip in Captain's Log shows the forecast for its departure location on the trip's date. NOAA forecasts only reach about a week ahead, so a trip further out says to check back closer to departure.
A multi-stop trip has 🗺️ View all destinations on map to see every stop on one map.
Conditions on a Float Plan
A Float Plan keeps a history of forecast conditions for the trip. Conditions are recorded:
- When the plan is sent
- Automatically as the trip gets close (about two to three days before departure)
- Whenever you click Refresh conditions
Each entry is kept rather than overwritten, so the plan shows what the conditions looked like as the trip approached, not only a single snapshot.