Tides

IntroductionThis app displays the times and heights of high and low tides for 607 locations around the UK for the next 7 days. The data is retrieved over the Internet from The Admiralty. The amount of your data allowance used by this should be very small. Any tide information displayed is retained on the phone for 14 days to allow for offline access.Location SelectionThe location can be selected in three different ways.- Select current location Displays todays tides for the tide location nearest you.- Choose location from a list Displays a list of all locations for which tides are available in either alphabetical order or in order of distance from the phone.- Choose location from a map Displays all tide locations on map of the U.K. and allows you to click on one.DisplayThe next tide event (high or low tide) is shown in bold. Swipe left for the next days tides or swipe right for the previous days tides. For todays tides only, a message is displayed indicating whether the tide is currently coming in or going out. This is also reflected in the tides icon on the screen. Sunrise and sunset can optionally be shown. These are inserted into the tide events in chronological order. NotificationsA notification can be sent a selected number of hours before high and/or low tide. This is configured in settings.SettingsLocation order (Nearest first or alphabetical)Height units (Metres or feet and inches)Show sunrise/sunset (On/of)Location (Location for which low/height tide notifications are sent)High tide (Send notifications for high tide (on/off))Low tide (Send notifications for low tide (on/off))Advance warning (today’s tides) (Select advance warning of tide events (1 – 24 hours))Alan WrightDec 2021