Currents & Tides

Free app for tracking currents and tides, providing the features tall ship officers actually want.

Free & no ads. Currents And Tides, or CaTBox, is an app built by a tall ship officer to provide the tools they needed every day. Often tide apps are just that - tide apps. More often, we need to know the currents, not just the tide table.

Works best on Android (coming to the Play store soon), but you can provide initial feedback by using the web app!

CatBox showing Cape Cod currents and tides

What it is

Currents & Tides is a lightweight planning tool for tides and currents. No ads. No subscription. Free means free.

Why currents matter

Tides are helpful when you need to know clearance under a bridge or when to adjust docklines. But currents tell you how the water is moving — and that’s often the difference between an easy docking and a stressful one.

Many tide apps treat currents as an afterthought or don’t show them at all, but max flood is often not simply halfway between low and high tide.

Platforms

The web app is a preview so you can get a feel for how it works, but some features only work in Android (coming soon).

Feedback

Feedback from working mariners is what makes this better. If something is confusing, missing, or wrong, please reach out.

Send feedback

Want to try Currents & Tides?

Open the web app