Waterlands

Waterlands

About this app

Waterlands is the field journal for anglers, paddlers, and hunters who plan their day around water and weather.

LIVE RIVER & RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
- Real-time flow (CFS) and gage height from USGS and USACE stations
- Stream temperature, snowpack (SNOTEL), and reservoir release data
- 7-day forecast with weather + water in one timeline
- Save your favorite rivers and get conditions at a glance

SESSION TRACKING
- Start a session in one tap — GPS records your route automatically
- Log catches with species, size, fly/lure, and photos
- Whitewater float logging with distance, time, and flow
- Auto-detects the river and station you're fishing or paddling

GROUP SESSIONS
- Invite friends with a QR code or 6-character join code
GROUP SESSIONS
GROUP SESSIONS
- Invite friends with a QR code or 6-character join code
- See everyone's catches in one shared feed in real time
- Up to 10 participants per session
- Works even when one person loses signal — uploads sync later

EXPLORE
- Interactive map with every gaged river and reservoir
- Curated dashboards for the Arkansas, Colorado, Roaring Fork, Blue, Gunnison, and more
- Find new spots and save them for next time
- See your own session history as a heatmap

GARMIN SYNC (optional)
- Pair a Garmin watch and sync sessions over Bluetooth
- Capture GPS routes even when your phone is in a dry bag

WEATHER & ALERTS
- High-res forecast at every station
- Custom alerts when flow rises above or falls below a threshold

PRIVACY
- Your sessions and location data stay private to your account
- Group sessions only share data with people you explicitly invite
- We never sell your data
- Read our privacy policy: https://waterlands.app/privacy

Have feedback? Email [e-mail] — we read every message.

What’s new

What's new in 1.5.1:

- First Light: a Home that teaches the app from your first minute
- Link a watch-synced session to its open read, right from Home
- Watch moments land on your session timeline; hatches and markers upload with the session
- Weather loads faster from one consolidated forecast
- Fixed: the Explore map now renders on Android
- Fixed: bottom navigation no longer sits under the Android system bar

Questions? [e-mail]