Yachting Chrono 3
· v3.3.0
About
This is an upgrade of the Yachting Chrono 2 watchface with tide data display (PRO version). Re-imagined for Garmin smartwatches, this variation has many cool display features and options while maintaining a clean, uncluttered design.
# Features:
* 2 large, highly readable digital displays
* Analog+digital time
* 4 hand styles
* Upwind angles, start line axis and favorable side markings
* Customizable rotating data items: Date, HR + resting HR, steps, current temperature, wind speed (WS), wind direction (WD)
* Optionally hide hands after a configurable delay for less obstructed view of digital displays
* GPS signal strength, bluetooth, messages and battery level indicators
* Bar graph selectable to show either move bar, progress towards steps, active calories or daily/weekly activity minutes goal, or battery level
* 12hr, 24hr or military time format
* Burn-in protection for AMOLED display models
* Optionally obtain weather data from OpenWeatherMap. Get a free API key from https://openweathermap.org
* Battery saving mode
# PRO Version Features:
* Configurable hand/display colors
Color selection instructions: https://ko-fi.com/post/Entering-numerical-color-settings-I3I5N1TZJ
* More display data items:
UTC
2nd & 3rd time zone time
ISO 8601 week and day number
Local time zone UTC offset & DST (requires free ipgeolocation.io API key)
Sunrise (SR) ++
Sundown (SD) ++
Next sun event (NSE) ++
Moon phase
Countdown/up timer (T-/T+)
Latitude (LT)
Longitude (LN)
Altitude
Speed (SP)
Heading (HD)
Distance to home/base (DH)
Altitude graph with min, max values
Feels like temperature
Daily low/high temperature
Sea level barometric pressure (BA)
Ambient pressure (AP)
Sea level barometric graph with min, max values
Weather condition forecast (FC) ++
Windspeed (WS) (selectable units)
Wind direction (WD)
Wind gust speed (WG)
Probability of precipitation (POP)
Relative humidity (RH)
Visibility (VZ)
UV index (UVI)
Air quality index (AQ) ++
Oxygen concentration (O2C)
Tide graph with current tide level
Time of next tide extreme (hi/lo)
Blood oxygen saturation (SPO2)
Distance (DI)
Activity minutes -total (ACT)
Vigorous activity minutes (VAC)
Total calories (TCAL)
Active calories (ACAL)
Floors climbed
METs
MET-h/week (MTHW)
Today's MET-h (MTHD)
Body battery
Stress level
Recovery time in hours (RT)
Messages
Alarms
Battery %
Estimated remaining battery hours
(NOTE: Some parameters may not be available depending on your watch model. Parameters marked with ++ require OpenWeatherMap API)
* Optionally display 2 data items at a time on the upper digital display
* Set default data item(s) to display on the digital displays in low power mode
* Optionally use the lower display to rotate data items (One group of data [time, position, weather, health, status] can be selected for rotation. When selected, data in this group is not displayed in the upper display)
* Rotating pointer customizable to show tide level or wind direction
* Sunrise & sunset dial markers
* Heading compass
* Barometric trend indicator
* Night lume display with configurable colors (activation can be manual or auto)
* 2nd progress bar graph
* Outer ring can be set to be a 3rd progress graph
* Chronograph (stopwatch/timer) function (control via watchface settings menu and press and hold on the touchscreen)
* Replica mode
# Payment
For the PRO version, use this link to pay US$4.20 via Stripe (no account required; credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay accepted): https://buy.stripe.com/aFabJ25nq8Wm8B12Qmf3d05
Stripe is recommended because you will get your unlock code immediately on the payment confirmation screen.
Alternative payment via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/trudelta/4.20USD
Important instructions to get your unlock code quickly: https://ko-fi.com/post/Payments-via-PayPal-Z8Z6AIK78
What's new
Version 3.3.0
PRO Version only change: Added reading of UV index from Garmin weather if supported.
Version 3.2.0
Fixed crash when tide data expired.
Version 3.1.0
Updated for ipgeolocation.io change.
Version 3.0.4
Added support for the Forerunner 70 and 170.
Version 3.0.3
Added support for the D2 Mach 2 Pro.
Version 3.0.2
Removed support for Marq Adventurer (Use Yachting Chrono instead).
Version 3.0.0
Changed color settings to be specified by hexadecimal color code. Corrected 12-hour format digital time display. Improved speed of data acquisition from OpenWeatherMap. Improved visibility of the sunrise and sunset time markers.
PRO Version only changes: Added option to display tide level graph with current tide level in the upper display. Tide data can be obtained from NOAA, Stormglass.io or Worldtides.info. Added option to display the time of the next tide extreme (hi/low) in the digital display. Added semi-transparent hands option. Added a rotating pointer customizable to show tide level or wind direction. When set to show tide level, 12 o'clock represents high tide, 6 o'clock represents low tide. and the indicator rotates clockwise. For details, see https://ko-fi.com/post/Yachting-Chrono-3-Adds-Tide-Display-Features-X8X01SPMHA
Tide data requires a (free) API key from https://stormglass.io/ or https://www.worldtides.info/garmin or a NOAA station ID. For NOAA, please use the following link where you can enter your latitude,longitude position to find the closest NOAA station ID to your location: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html
Or alternatively on a map: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/map/index.html
Note that worldtides.info is a paid service, although you will get some free credits upon registration to try out the service.
# Copyright Notice
In the case of worldtides.info, Tidal data retrieved from www.worldtides.info. Copyright (c) 2014-2025 Brainware LLC. Licensed for use of individual spatial coordinates on behalf of/by an end-user. Generated using AVISO+ FES2022 produced by Noveltis, Legos and CLS and distributed by Aviso+, with support from CNES. NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE ABOUT THE CORRECTNESS OF THIS DATA