PaddleReady is the free conditions companion for kayakers, canoeists, and stand-up paddleboarders.

Open the app, and you see one thing first: a Green, Yellow, or Red Condition Badge telling you whether today looks like a good day to paddle. Behind it: live wind, tide, weather, UV, water quality, and active NOAA marine advisories — all pulled from official public data sources.

WHAT YOU GET, FREE (supported by non-personalized ads):
• Green / Yellow / Red condition score for your location
• 3-day wind, weather, and condition forecast
• Live tide predictions from NOAA
• NOAA marine and weather advisories
• Sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and daylight remaining
• Real-time water quality from USGS (where available)
• Community-submitted launch points with satellite views, directions, and amenities
• Community-reported hazards (dams, strainers, dangerous currents) — user-submitted, not independently verified
• US Coast Guard regulations and state-by-state rules, lookup by your current GPS

PADDLEREADY PRO ADDS:
• Trip Check-In — log a planned trip, designate a contact who has opted in, and we email a reminder if you don't tap "I'm back safely" by your expected return time. Best-effort delivery only — not a rescue service. Carry a PLB or VHF radio.
• Offline mode — last conditions and forecast cached for service-dead launch points
• 7-day extended forecast (free version shows 3 days)
• Ad-free experience — the ads that support the free version disappear completely
• Priority support

DATA SOURCES (ALL FREE, ALL PUBLIC):
Open-Meteo · NOAA Tides and Currents · NOAA National Weather Service · USGS Water Services · Sunrise-Sunset.org · OpenStreetMap · Apple Maps / Google Maps

PRIVACY-FIRST:
• No registration required to use core features
• GPS coordinates are never logged or stored on our servers — they travel directly from your device to the public data APIs
• Anonymous device ID for spam prevention on community content
• Photos automatically EXIF-stripped before upload (no GPS leaks)
• Ads in the free version are non-personalized only — no behavioral profiling, no data sales (Pro removes ads entirely)

IMPORTANT — READ BEFORE USING:
PaddleReady is for informational and recreational reference only. It is NOT a navigation aid, NOT a substitute for U.S. Coast Guard guidance or NOAA marine forecasts, and NOT a safety system. Water activities are inherently dangerous and can result in serious injury, drowning, or death. Always verify conditions with official sources, wear a properly fitted PFD, and exercise personal judgment before paddling. Community-submitted hazards are unverified and absence of a hazard marker does not mean an area is safe.

Built by Brainstorm Innovative Technologies, LLC — paddleready.app

Questions: support@paddleready.app
Privacy: privacy@paddleready.app