Actual Currents

About this app

Actual Currents brings tidal currents to life with real-time animated particle visualization on a nautical-grade interactive map. See the actual flow of water in your area — not just tide times, but the speed and direction of tidal currents rendered as thousands of flowing particles over a detailed heatmap. Plan your trip with confidence by scrubbing through time to see how currents change throughout the day. FEATURES • Animated tidal current visualization with speed-colored particles and GPU-accelerated heatmap • Time scrubber — view current predictions for any time, past or future • Globe view with global ocean currents when zoomed out • Real-time wind overlay with global weather data • ENC nautical chart data with navigation aids, depth soundings, and depth contours • Satellite, bathymetry, and nautical basemap options • Route planning with current-aware analysis • Trip logging with GPS drift tracking • Location search to jump to any harbor or waterway COVERAGE • US Atlantic coast — Maine to Florida • US Pacific coast — Washington to California • Gulf of Mexico • Global ocean surface currents BUILT FOR BOATERS Whether you're sailing, fishing, kayaking, or navigating commercially, understanding tidal currents is critical for safety and efficiency. Actual Currents gives you an intuitive, visual understanding of water movement that tide tables alone can't provide. SUBSCRIPTION TIERS • Basic (free) — Real-time currents within ±3 hours of now • Pro ($4.99/mo) — Full historical and forecast access • Unlimited ($39.99/yr) — Full historical and forecast access with 7-day free trial Terms of Use: https://www.actualcurrents.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.actualcurrents.com/privacy.html

• Saved locations, reimagined. The start screen now opens to live conditions for every place you've saved: current speed and direction, the time of the next slack, and the tide's state on a mini chart, over a quiet coastline map • Swipe up and down to move between locations, and drag to reorder them in Saved Places • Gauge points: pick the exact spot a saved location reads its current from, which matters where opposing flows sit side by side • Your saved routes, places, trips and logs now sync automatically across every device you sign in on, and show up without refreshing • Delete saved routes straight from the list • Optimal Departure: scan departure times and see transit time vs. departure on one chart • Redesigned time bar, so you can scroll freely through hours or days • Smarter routes: long-press waypoints to edit, distances in your units (nm/mi/km), cleaner charts and clearer route lines • 12/24-hour clock, a color scale that adapts to the water in view, and many fixes

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1. First observed Sep 1, 2026 · 1:54 PM Free