Cruising the Puget Sound and Salish is one of the most rewarding adventures in sailing, but navigating local currents, tidal exchanges, and shifting weather patterns takes the right local intelligence. Whether you’re heading out to one of our suggested destinations or choosing your own itinerary for a day sail, weekend in Puget Sound or setting course for the San Juan Islands, we’ve brought together our favorite weather, tide, and charting tools in one place.
Use these resources to cross-check real-time marine forecasts, calculate current windows, and plot your route before untying your lines.
National Weather Service Marine Forecast
Displays current marine weather forecast for Puget Sound, San Juan Oslands and coastal waters.
SailFlow
Sailflow gives you real-time reports from our own exclusive weather station network, plus reports from over 50,000 other weather stations worldwide. Also available as an iPhone & iPad app.
Ferry Weather
Displays current marine weather forecast for Puget Sound, San Juan Islands and coastal waters.
Deep Zoom
Displays animated current flows and tidal heights superimposed on raster nautical charts. Great for an overview of tides and currents but not super accurate so don’t use for navigation.
Puget Sound Tides
Displays tide and current predictions for the Puget Sound.
Navionics
Very popular marine navigation app. Provides zoomable charts and GPS plotting. Important note: Navigation apps should not be used as a replacement to the on-board chartplotter.