Features
Two Display Views
Detail View
A full 24-hour tide curve with color-coded positive and negative tides, a yellow "Now" marker showing current level and rise/fall rate, weather conditions, and alert banners. Tap the graph on touchscreen models to see the tide value at any time.
Large View
Four big tide numbers (High, Low, High, Low) with times, a rising/falling indicator with rate, and weather at the bottom. Tap to toggle the bar chart overlay with warning and preferred level markers. Readable from across the room.
Choose Detail, Large, or Both. In Both mode, the display auto-cycles between views every six minutes.
Core Features
Multi-Station Monitoring
Track up to three NOAA tide stations simultaneously. The display rotates through each one every six minutes, and the web dashboard shows all stations at once.
Weather Alerts
Real-time NWS alerts with four severity levels (Minor, Moderate, Severe, Extreme). Coastal floods, high surf, rip currents, tsunami watches, small craft advisories, and more. Color-coded banners on the device, detailed cards on the web dashboard.
Current Weather
Temperature, wind speed, and wind direction displayed alongside tide data on every view. Data from MET Norway's open weather API.
Web Dashboard
Type tidesy.local on any device on your network. Interactive tide charts, station maps, alert details, dark mode, and device configuration. No app. No account. Explore the web dashboard.
Warning and Preferred Levels
Set a warning tide height and a preferred range. Both appear as colored zones on the graph and the web dashboard, so you can see at a glance when conditions match your needs.
Custom Colors
Six color pickers let you customize the graph fill, number colors, warning band, and preferred band on all color LCD models. Make Tidesy match your decor.
Night Mode
Configurable Hours
Set when night mode starts (PM) and ends (AM). During night hours, the screen dims to your chosen level. Day brightness is 1-100%. Night brightness is 0-100%.
Screen Off Option
Set night brightness to 0% and the screen turns completely off during sleeping hours. It comes back on automatically in the morning with fresh data. Perfect for bedrooms.
Automatic Firmware Updates
Tidesy checks for updates every time it boots. Critical fixes install automatically. Optional updates show a notification on the device and web dashboard so you can install when convenient. You can also update via microSD card. Every update is logged with date, version, and source.
Vestaboard Integration
Connect Tidesy to a Vestaboard Flagship on the same WiFi network and it sends live tide data to the split-flap display automatically. Three views (Detail, Large, Alerts), eight tile colors, and configurable update intervals. Learn more about the Vestaboard integration.
Fully local. Fully private. No cloud account, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads. WiFi passwords encrypted with AES-128. The only data sent externally are coordinates for weather and tide fetches. Read more about privacy.