PredictWind Offshore Weather

The Marine Weather App for getting GRIB files & viewing forecasts when offshore

PredictWind Offshore Weather - Marine Weather App

"PredictWind Offshore Weather" is a powerful Android app designed for sailors, providing high-resolution GRIB files, reliable weather forecasts, and essential marine tools. It features advanced routing, live observations, and AIS data, ensuring safety and efficiency for offshore journeys. Access top-ranked forecast models and download data seamlessly across various connections, including satellite. Perfect for coastal and offshore passages, this app keeps you informed about changing weather conditions at sea.
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App stats

Rating: 3.94
(444)
Version: 7.5.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-09-02)
Creation date: 2017-03-06
Permissions
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

The Offshore App allows you to seamlessly download multiple GRIB files for your coastal and offshore passages.

Quickly download and view GRIB files, weather routes, GMDSS maps and text forecasts, AIS data and satellite imagery.

Access all the world’s top ranking forecast models for reliable and accurate weather data, including ECMWF, SPIRE, UKMO, GFS and more. Our very own PWG & PWE models offer incredible accuracy and a record-breaking 1km resolution.

In addition to forecasts, the Offshore App also provides a suite of powerful marine tools to save you time and keep you safe at sea.

Weather Routing and Departure Planning is calculated in the PredictWind cloud at the highest resolution. The finished route is then sent back to your boat in an incredibly small file size, which is ideal for low bandwidth satellite and SSB connections.

The Offshore App works with Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and most satellite connections using an Iridium GO! exec, Iridium GO!, Globalstar or Optimizer device.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

GRIB file viewer: High resolution forecasts maps with animated streamlines, wind barbs or arrows.

Tables: The ultimate dashboard for detailed analysis.

Graphs: Compare multiple parameters at the same time.

GMDSS Forecasts: View either in the traditional text format or on a map.

Destination Spot Forecast: Know exactly what the weather is doing at your destination.

Live Observations: Know what’s happening right now out on the water.

Ocean Data: See what’s happening under the waves with ocean and tidal currents, and sea temperature.

GPS Tracking: Get a free customised GPS tracking page for your blog or website.

AIS Data: View over 280,000 vessels worldwide on the AIS network.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Good weather projections for offshore sailing
  • Useful for downloading GRIB files even with poor internet connection
  • Multiple weather models available for comparison
  • Helpful algorithms for weather routing and departure planning
  • Valuable tool for sailing outside of mobile internet coverage
Cons
  • Bugs and crashes on Android devices
  • Poor user interface and navigation
  • Issues with downloading GRIB forecasts
  • Inconsistent functionality and performance across devices
  • Lack of high resolution data compared to online subscriptions
Most mentioned
  • Bugs and crashes
  • User interface issues
  • Downloading GRIB files
  • Weather projections
  • Need for learning curve
User reviews
The android app is really pathetic. The iPad app is fine, the computer app is fine, but across multiple devices for years the android app is buggy, freezes, quits, can't load features, etc. It's usable but barely. - pro subscriber

I'm a new user, so not fully up to speed with Offshore, but it seems unstable on Android. Crashes regularly ( Samsung S9+, Android 10, and GRIBs downloaded over a Starlink connection.) Have tried all the usual workarounds...clear cache, clear data, restart phone, reinstall app, all to no avail. Strange, because the Predictwind app seems to work OK, but of course it requires a continuous Internet connection, whereas once the Offshore app has current GRIBs it can be reviewed offline.
by Bill Horne, 2024-10-14

just awful. The interface on Samsung S22 completely distorted with a huge waypoints across the screen. Everything's on top of each other. Not a well designed and behaving app.
by Igor Sarychkin, 2024-05-22
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