Best times today
Every hour scored from the moon's bite windows, the tide starting to run after high or low, dawn and dusk, and a falling barometer. You see the reasons, not just a number.
Fishing view
Know when they're biting, and whether the water's safe to get there
The best hours of the day and the reasons, the tide, the wind and the local rules, for fishing from shore, a kayak or a small boat. Free to use online; offline with a Coast Map Pass.
Tides and slack water
High and low tides with the bite windows marked on the tide curve, slack water at tidal narrows, and the week ahead for 5,000 tide stations.
Too windy for you?
Set your own wind limit and windy hours drop out of the best times. Hourly wind and gusts, waves, water temperature and the barometer trend.
Alerts
A heads-up before a good fishing window, high or low tide, or slack water, from 15 minutes to 2 hours ahead.
Where to fish
Fishing piers, jetties and shore spots, boat launches and marinas, and the wind, waves and current anywhere you tap the water.
Rules and closures
Links to the fishing rules and licences for where you are, US marine protected areas with no-fishing and restricted zones on the map, and shellfish harvest areas and closures.
Your catch log
Log a catch with a photo, and the tide, moon, light, wind and barometer are saved with it. After a few catches it shows your own patterns. It stays on your phone; export it as a spreadsheet.
Get there safely
The crossing planner scores every departure over the next day and a half on wind, its angle to your course, waves and current, with marine warnings on the map.
Offline with a pass
With a Coast Map Pass, save your region before you head out and the tides, the map and the fishing spots work with no signal.
A companion, not a replacement
Bite windows come from solunar theory: folklore many anglers swear by, not science. The app shows why each hour scores the way it does so you can judge for yourself. Always check the current regulations, closures, size and bag limits and licence for where you fish.
Fishing times by place
Today's and tomorrow's best fishing times (bite windows, with the tide turns marked) and a week of tides for 5,000 stations. Popular spots: Tofino, BC · Ucluelet, BC · Sooke, BC · Victoria, BC · Campbell River, BC · Port Hardy, BC · Vancouver (Point Atkinson), BC · Prince Rupert, BC · Halifax, NS · Yarmouth, NS · Seattle, WA · Neah Bay, WA · Port Angeles, WA · Sitka, AK · Kodiak, AK · Homer, AK · Monterey, CA · San Diego, CA · Galveston, TX · Key West, FL · Montauk, NY · Chatham, MA · Bar Harbor, ME · Honolulu, HI. All tide stations.
Fishing times: common questions
When is the best time to fish today?
Around a tide change, in the low light of dawn and dusk, and inside a solunar bite window, ideally all three at once. The fishing view scores every hour of the day on those, plus a falling barometer and your own wind limit, and shows the reasons. Each place's tide page lists today's and tomorrow's bite windows with the tide turns marked.
What are solunar bite times?
Solunar theory says fish feed more when the moon is overhead or underfoot (major periods, about two hours) and around moonrise and moonset (minor periods, about an hour). It's folk wisdom many anglers swear by rather than science, so the app treats it as one input among several and never hides the others.
Is an incoming or outgoing tide better for fishing?
Moving water usually beats slack: many anglers fish the first hours of the flood or the ebb, when current stirs up bait. Which is better depends on the spot. The tide curve marks the bite windows so you can see where they line up with the tide starting to run.
Does the fishing view work without signal?
Yes, once you've saved your region before heading out: the tide tables, map and fishing spots then work offline, and the forecast shows the last copy saved, marked with its age. Saving regions for offline use takes a Coast Map Pass ($7 a month or $55 a year).
Is it free?
The fishing view, tides and fishing times are free to use online, with no ads and no account. Saving regions for offline use, for trips out of signal, takes a Coast Map Pass ($7 a month or $55 a year).