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What sites or apps does everyone use to check weather and tides? I have an app for my windows phone called tides...it finds the closest place to where I am.

-Justin

Magic seaweed for surf and wind forecast plus buoy reports. NOAA/NWS for weather, linked through weather underground.

Magic seaweed for surf and wind forecast plus buoy reports.

How have I missed this one all this time? The best - thanks for that.
http://magicseaweed.com/

NOAA still the go-to for weather -- straight to the source.
http://www.noaa.gov/

The forecaster discussion from NOAA is great to follow. It's linked in my WU app or you can find it at NOAA. here is this morning's report from San Francisco.

000
FXUS66 KMTR 091143
AFDMTR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
443 AM PDT FRI MAY 9 2014

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT SOME LIGHT RAIN
TO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH A FEW LIGHT
SHOWERS POSSIBLY PERSISTING IN SOUTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY AFTER
SUNRISE. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND ALONG WITH BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A SIGNIFICANT
WARMING TREND IS FORECAST TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS ALONG THE WEST COAST.

&&

.DISCUSSION...AS OF 3:23 AM PDT FRIDAY...THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW. EARLIER...
LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE NORTH BAY RECEIVED OVER A
THIRD OF AN INCH...WITH JUST OVER A TENTH OF AN INCH FALLING
AROUND AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA...AND A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...BUT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS COULD
REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES THROUGH
ABOUT MID-MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE
SIMILAR TO THOSE ON THURSDAY WITH 60S AND 70S MOST AREAS.

SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE FORECAST TO TIGHTEN LATE TODAY AND
OVERNIGHT FOR STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG SURFACE HIGH BUILDS
OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY
ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEASONABLY COOL...SIMILAR TO TODAY`S.

BY SUNDAY THE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BUILDING STRONGLY
OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WHILE THE SURFACE FLOW SHIFTS TO A MORE
NORTHERLY DIRECTION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY AS
THE WINDS BEGIN TO TREND MORE OFFSHORE. THE WARMING AND DRYING
TREND WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS PUSHES
ALONG THE COAST. BY MIDWEEK HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S
AND 80S ALONG THE COAST TO THE 80S AND 90S INLAND...WITH THE
WARMEST AREAS OVER 100 DEGREES BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS WILL ALSO BECOME HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE WEEK AS
THE WINDS BECOME OFFSHORE AND THE AIRMASS WARMS AND DRIES FURTHER.

&&

.AVIATION...AS OF 4:43 AM PDT FRIDAY...FOR 12Z TAFS. IFR CIGS
DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT WITH LEFT OVER MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS IN THE
WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SKIES ARE SHOWING A
CLEARING TREND FROM THE NORTH WITH CLEAR SKIES AT KSTS AND FEW039
AT UKIAH. WILL KEEP CIGS IN PLACE OVER THE BAY AREA THROUGH 18Z
THEN EXPECT DRIER AIR TO FILTER INTO PLACE. NEXT CONCERN WILL BE
STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST
28 KT EXPECTED AT KSFO.

VICINITY OF KSFO...IFR CIGS THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO LIFT BY 18Z
AS DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. VERY STRONG W/NW WINDS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH WESTERLY GUSTS TO AT
LEAST 28 KT. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE.

KSFO BRIDGE APPROACH...SIMILAR TO KSFO.

MONTEREY BAY AREA TERMINALS...IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL SLOWLY LIFT BY 18Z. GUSTY NW WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

.MARINE...AS OF 3:23 AM PDT FRIDAY...LIGHT WIND AND SEAS EARLY
FRIDAY WITH INCREASING NW WINDS LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
MOST AREAS. WINDS MAY EASE FOR A TIME EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BUT
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG AND GUSTY NW WINDS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SURFACE GRADIENTS TIGHTEN ACROSS THE
REGION. STRONG NW WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
BEFORE EASING BY MONDAY. LOCAL GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE BIG SUR COAST AS WELL INSIDE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY EVENING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD
PLAN FOR STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
     .TDAY...SCA...PT ARENA TO PT REYES 0-10 NM FROM NOON
             SCA...PIGEON PT TO PT PINOS 0-10 NM FROM NOON
             SCA...PT PINOS TO PT PIEDRAS BLANCAS 0-10 NM FROM 9 AM
             SCA...PT REYES TO PIGEON PT 0-10 NM FROM 5 PM
             SCA...PIGEON PT TO PT PINOS 10-60 NM FROM 5 PM
             SCA...PT PINOS TO PT PIEDRAS BLANCAS 10-60 NM FROM 5 PM
             SCA...MONTEREY BAY FROM NOON
             SCA...SF BAY NORTH OF THE BAY BRIDGE FROM NOON
             SCA...SF BAY SOUTH OF THE BAY BRIDGE FROM NOON

&&

$$

PUBLIC FORECAST: SIMS
AVIATION/MARINE: RWW

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What sites or apps does everyone use to check weather and tides? I have an app for my windows phone called tides...it finds the closest place to where I am.

-Justin

I use TideApp for tides on my Android. Lets you search anywhere worldwide, future/past dates, and it shows the info in both table and graph form. And its free !

sailflow.com and then click on the different stations around the bay area.  I use the one designated Hornet for when I go to the ARW as its' right there, already has built in tidal differences.

This is part of NOAA, it's point and click, use the map, zoom in, zoom out, drag it around, any point you click on will bring you a point specific forecast, if the point is over water it brings the marine forecast in for that point.  really good for winds and swells in the bay and nearshore. 

Once you get your point forecast up, go down the page and click on the charts on the lower right, that brings up an hourly forecast for the next 6 days.

This point below is for Martinez, right over my house.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.01171801001063&lon=-122.09175109863281&site=mtr&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text