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    Surfing Sport Profile & Tide info

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    • freeheelerF Offline
      freeheeler @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
      I don’t have detailed information, but in MC there was an Ambit app for tides. The developer mentioned that it has to be adjusted very frequently and it appears to be quite a challange to calculate it.

      there are several watches from quiksilver, nixon etc that connect to magic seaweed to show the accurate tides, plus the forecast for your favourite spot(s)(?)…
      magic seaweed also shows highs and lows because they are not always the same.
      honestly, this is so much information, I prefer to look that up on the phone. because tides is not everything. much more important is swell period, direction, height, wind direction and speed etc…

      living sideways

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      • surfboomerangS Online
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        A little background information :
        https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/the-functions-and-accuracy-of-tide-watches-a-deeper-look.950333/

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        • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
          Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
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          I don’t argue. Just saying that gps only won’t work. Other solutions will work. We spent a lot in r&d to bring the tides in the new watchface and it failed. (gps only )

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            JuanPh Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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            @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Surfing Sport Profile & Tide info:

            I don’t argue. Just saying that gps only won’t work. Other solutions will work. We spent a lot in r&d to bring the tides in the new watchface and it failed. (gps only )

            It would have been so cool!!
            What about having tides in the Suunto app, and then info sync with the watch? We can have our emails on the watch, it must be possible to have tides for a specific area.

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            • reesmt78R Offline
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              I know we have got all the information we want on our smartphones and that there is much more to surf forecasting buoys, period, direction etc but I have a Casio gshock tide watch which shows basic tide data based on coordinates and lunitidal data and it has come in handy so many times. Loads of places surfed are off the beaten track where there is no cell phone connection and sometimes a quick check of data on the fly can be vital or refresh the memory. I have since swapped my gshock out for my S5 and It would be great to have tides as an option. Surely it’s an algorithm that could be programmed to different locations? (not that I would know). I guess it may not be up there as a priority but It would be great if Suunto could add surfing as an individual sport profile at least, and surely would fit in as an adventure sport for an adventure company. Cowabunga.

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              • EgikaE Offline
                Egika Platinum Member
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                Maybe have a look at this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fishbrain.app
                I use it for tide information

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                • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @reesmt78
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                  @reesmt78 agreed

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                  • Jamie BGJ Offline
                    Jamie BG Bronze Member
                    last edited by

                    Could use virtually any profile that tracks GPS distance.
                    Use manual lap option for start and end of wave, can also then use that to count caught waves.

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                    • reesmt78R Offline
                      reesmt78
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                      I have just completed the latest software update and was going through the sport profiles on my S5 and was pleased to see that Surfing is now available as a sport profile!..little things…thank you Suunto 🙌🏻

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                      • Alexandre Augstroze GonçalvesA Offline
                        Alexandre Augstroze Gonçalves @reesmt78
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                        @reesmt78 Me too!! But unfortunatelly it still fails to show tide info. Sounds so trivial…

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