How tides work in Inshore

This guide covers where to find tide information in Inshore, and how tides end up on your logs.

Steps

1. Open the Tides tab. You'll see the day's tide curve, high and low tide times, and sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset for your location.
2. Choose how you look up tides, using the location picker: near a spot you've already saved, near your current location, or by browsing a state.
3. Navigate between days to check tides ahead of a trip or look back at a past one.
4. Log a catch as usual to have the tide phase, direction, and height recorded automatically for that spot and moment. See Logging a spot.

What fills in automatically

Every log captures the tide phase, direction, and height from the closest tide station to your spot, at the exact moment you logged it. You don't have to look anything up yourself. It's already on the log when you save.

Common questions

Do I need to be at a spot to check tides? No. Use the Tides tab's "Near Me" option or browse by state to check any location, saved or not.

What's the difference between free and Pro here? Today's tides are free to view for everyone. Pro adds full day navigation, past and future. See pricing for details.

Why is the tide station different from the weather station on my log? They're often not the same place. Inshore looks each one up separately so you get the closest reading of each type for your spot.