Tides

Tides in the same place as the rest of your forecast.

Tide times sit alongside temperature, wind and swell-relevant conditions instead of in a separate app — and Forecast Bar can warn you about the two tides actually worth planning around.

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Data pointTides on screen, widgets, and watch
King tidesCoastal flooding warnings
Big lowsTide-pooling windows
AlongsideWind, pressure, and conditions

Tides in Forecast Bar, in short

On screen
Tides are a selectable data point, so they can sit in your main screen tiles next to temperature, wind and UV.
King tide alerts
Notify you about exceptionally high tides, when coastal flooding is possible at low-lying spots.
Low tide alerts
Notify you about big daytime low tides — the windows worth planning tide-pooling or beachcombing around.
Elsewhere
Tides can also appear in widgets and Apple Watch complications.
Alongside
Wind speed, gusts, direction, pressure and visibility are in the same view — the things that decide whether it's a good day on the water.
Plan
Tide alerts are part of Forecast Bar Gold on iOS and Pro on Mac.
Two tides worth a notification

Not every tide is news. These two are.

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King tides

Exceptionally high tides, when coastal flooding is possible at low-lying spots. Worth knowing about if you park, launch, or live near the waterline.

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Big low tides

Big daytime low tides open a window for tide pools and beachcombing that only comes around occasionally — and it's easy to miss if nobody tells you.

Forecast Bar tide view on iPhone showing the day's tide curve for Monterey Bay with all four highs and lows, the current height falling at 0.5 feet, and a water temperature of 62°F
One app, not three

Tides next to the conditions that decide the day.

Tide time on its own rarely settles anything. Whether it's a good morning depends just as much on the wind, the gusts, the pressure and whether the fog is going to lift — all of which are already on the same screen in Forecast Bar.

  • Tides as one of your main-screen data point tiles
  • Wind speed, gusts, and direction alongside
  • Pressure trend and visibility for fog
  • Sunrise, sunset, and first and last light for the daylight window
Apple Watch face filled with Forecast Bar complications including wind, pressure, UV index and air quality
On your wrist

Tides on a watch face, where you'd actually check them.

Nobody standing on a beach wants to unlock a phone. Tides can be a complication on your Apple Watch face, alongside whichever other conditions you've chosen.

  • Tides as an Apple Watch complication
  • Circular, corner, inline, and rectangular complication families
  • Alongside wind, UV, pressure and air quality
  • Values advance through the day from a single timeline
Forecast Bar's Tide Alerts settings on iPhone, with King Tides and Big Low Tides each on its own switch, both enabled
Two alerts, separately

King tides and big low tides are different asks.

One is a warning and one is an invitation, so they are two switches rather than one. King tides are the exceptionally high ones where coastal flooding is possible at low-lying spots; big daytime low tides are the window for tide pools and beachcombing. Keep either, or both.

  • King Tides — exceptionally high, coastal flooding possible
  • Big Low Tides — the daytime window for tide pools
  • Both are on by default, and either can be turned off
  • One master switch stops both
FAQ

Questions about tides

Does Forecast Bar show tide times?
Yes. Tides are a selectable data point, so they can appear in your main screen tiles alongside temperature, wind, UV and the rest — and in widgets and Apple Watch complications.
Can Forecast Bar alert me about king tides?
Yes. King tide alerts notify you about exceptionally high tides, when coastal flooding is possible at low-lying spots.
Can I get told about good low tides for tide pooling?
Yes. Big low tide alerts notify you about exceptionally low daytime tides — the windows worth planning a tide-pooling or beachcombing trip around.
Does Forecast Bar show tides on Apple Watch?
Yes. Tides can be one of the data points on a Forecast Bar watch complication.
How much does Forecast Bar cost?
Forecast Bar is free to download, and live weather requires a subscription. Every subscription starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, so you can try everything your plan includes before you're charged. Current pricing is shown in the App Store. Mac and iOS plans are separate; Apple TV is included with Forecast Bar Gold on iOS. See Compare Plans for what each tier includes.
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Put the tide next to the forecast.

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Free to download; live weather requires a subscription, and every subscription includes a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Mac and iOS plans are separate; Apple TV is included with Forecast Bar Gold on iOS.

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