Windbuoy

This is a must have application for sailors, wind surfers, fishermen, boaters, weather watchers and anyone else that likes to know what the wind is like out on their favorite body of water.

Windbuoy is a simple, customizable application that retrieves and displays wind speed, direction, gust, air and water temperature and wave height as reported by any one of hundreds of NOAA buoys. Customize the display to show the units that you desire: Speeds can be reported as m/s, knots or mph; temp as celcius or fahrenheit.

Add buoys to your favorites list for easy retrieval. You can search for buoys within a specified distance of your current location or US ZIP code. You can also find buoys by full or partial buoy ID.

Once you have your favorites loaded, check for buoy report updates by giving your device a little shake.

Looking for the ';i'; button to flip the app over? Tap where you last saw it (lower right hand corner) and it will reappear.

(Note that not all buoys report all data items. Windbuoy only displays the data that is reported by NOAA)