Twenty-five free, offline-friendly tools for coastal hiking, tidepooling, beach camping and photography — plus in-depth guides written by people who actually read tide tables.
Pick an activity, or filter by category. Every tool is free, works in your browser, and saves to your favorites with one tap.
Plot 3 days of tide and find your safe windows.
Know when that beach is safe to walk.
Big tides or small? See the whole fortnight.
The phase that drives the tide, in seconds.
Countdown to the moment your path floods.
A tide-aware checklist before you pitch.
Rate today's coastal walk before you go.
Spot the danger before you swim.
A printable card for the worst case.
Rock-hopping rules that keep you dry.
A beach plan that survives kids.
Nothing forgotten, nothing excess.
Realistic times across sand and rock.
Sunset and golden hour, coast-perfect.
Is the water swimable today?
A multi-day coastal trip, tide-first.
Wind × rain × tide = today's risk.
The best low-water windows for pools.
Fish bite by the tide — know when.
Launch check for kayaks and boards.
Calm, clear windows for snorkelling.
After-storm days to hunt the shore.
Decode any tide table in 3 steps.
Semi, diurnal, mixed — in pictures.
Every coastal word, decoded.
We read the complaints across 28 social platforms so the tools answer real problems, not nice-to-haves.
““I thought I had hours. The tide came back in 30 minutes.””
→ The most repeated story in coastal rescue news. Our Cut-Off Risk Timer counts down to the moment your path floods.
Cut-Off Risk Timer →““Every tide app I try is cluttered — or wrong.””
→ Hunters of tide apps complain about ads, complexity and bad data. This site has one job: clear curves and honest assumptions.
Tide Predictor & Curve →““We pitched the tent. Nobody said the tide line was that high.””
→ Beach-camping regret is a global genre. The Camping Safety Check walks you through the tide line, weather and escape route before you pitch.
Camping Safety Check →““The spot looked amazing on TikTok. The causeway floods twice a day.””
→ Influencer spots rarely mention tides. The Tide Window Planner tells you when the crossing is open — before you drive there.
Tide Window Planner →Tutorials, field tips and honest stories — each one long enough to actually teach you something.
What the rows and numbers actually mean — and a five-minute pre-walk workflow.
Read the guide →The two cycles that shape every shoreline on Earth.
Read the guide →Same coast, different ocean — schedule around the fortnightly swing.
Read the guide →Best windows, best spots, and the rules that keep tide pools alive.
Read the guide →A tide-aware checklist for pitching on sand.
Read the guide →The fact that prevents most coastal rescues, in numbers.
Read the guide →How to plan a walk the tide can't cut off.
Read the guide →Photo walks planned around low tide and sunset.
Read the guide →When fish really bite, by tide phase.
Read the guide →Spot the signs before you go in the water.
Read the guide →From packing to the lost-child plan — done safely.
Read the guide →What actually earns its place in your pack.
Read the guide →Beach camping after dark, done safely.
Read the guide →Read the ocean before it reads you.
Read the guide →Seven days of coastal hiking, tide-first.
Read the guide →Enter one high tide time and see the next three days — with the flood line drawn across your plan.
Safety first. These tools are planning aids. Always check official local tide tables, lifeguard advice and on-site signs before you go. Read the full disclaimer