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Surf Balls Watch - Wind, Wave and Tide data

· v0.0.2
★★★☆☆ (4) ↓ 100 downloads 1 Free

About

This is the partner watchface to my Surf Balls widget for Instinct watches and provides all of the information to decide whether now's the time to go surfing, and if so when, based on 4 key factors (wave height, difference in wind/wave direction, wind speed and wave period). You set the location in the watchface settings, my reasoning for this is that personally I want to know about conditions at a location I want to go to, rather than necessarily when I am already there. In addition to the location there are a few other settings : - The clock type : analogue and digital - The display units : you can choose between imperial and metric - The tide datum (which changes how the tide graph is drawn) : mean sea level and mean lower low water level The first time you set the location, or if you change it, it will take up to 10 minutes for the watchface to get the data. This is down to the way that Garmin manages API calls and unfortunately I haven’t found a way around it (yet!). All of the data is sourced from Stormglass (www.stormglass.io) which is a pretty cool global weather API but you need to register for a free account to get a key which you enter in the watchface settings. If you like this then you might also be interested in my Surf Balls widget which provides all this and more, including temperatures and more detailed tide information I am not a professional developer and I originally started this for as a personal project just for my own use but then decided to share it. If you like it then great, if you don't then that's fine too (just uninstall it). If you find any bugs or have any positive suggestions then please click on 'Contact Developer' as I'm always interested in ways to enhance it.

What's new

Added support for Instinct Crossover devices

Permissions

BackgroundCommunicationsBluetoothLowEnergy

Details

Compatible with 8 devices
Updated May 4, 2025
Open on apps.garmin.com ↗