About Simple Tides
Simple Tides is a free, map-first tool for finding nearby NOAA tide stations and seeing tide, weather, marine, and solunar conditions in one place — built for anglers, boaters, paddlers, and anyone planning time around the water.
Why we built it
NOAA publishes excellent tide data, but finding the right station and cross-referencing it with weather and solunar timing usually means jumping between several different sites. Simple Tides puts station discovery, the tide chart, weather, marine conditions, and a Smart Bite Score on one screen, so planning a trip takes one lookup instead of five.
How it works
Search a city or allow location access, and Simple Tides centers a map on your area and plots nearby NOAA stations within an adjustable radius. Selecting a station pulls together:
- An upcoming high/low tide timeline and short-range tide chart — see our guide to reading it
- Current weather and marine conditions for that spot
- Solunar activity, moon phase, and illumination — explained in our solunar theory guide
- A Smart Bite Score combining all of the above — see how it's calculated
- Estimated distance and travel time from your location, with a link to open directions
Who it's for
Simple Tides is built for anglers timing a trip around tide movement, boaters and paddlers checking current and marine conditions, and beachcombers or divers who just want to know when the water will be highest or lowest at a specific spot.
Data sources
Simple Tides aggregates publicly available data from:
- NOAA CO-OPS — tide predictions, water levels, and current data — see our station guide
- weather.gov (National Weather Service) and Open-Meteo — weather and marine conditions
- Sunrise-Sunset.org and FarmSense — sun and moon timing for solunar and lunar/light details
What Simple Tides isn't
Simple Tides is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by NOAA or any government agency. It's a planning aid, not a substitute for official marine safety information or navigational charts.
Questions or feedback? Visit our FAQ or Contact page.