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Learn the five most important things about weather forecasts for fishing with the Windy.app for iOS.
There are thousands of great fishing spots around the world in the Windy.app, where you can land a great catch. Finding a spot is as easy as 1-2-3.
The spots closest to you are right on the Home screen. If another angler has told you the name or location of a spot, search for it by typing its name or coordinates:
Nearest fishing spots in the Windy.app for iOS
Or search for the spot on the Weather Map:
Spot search on the Weather Map in the Windy.app for iOS
To find fishing spots faster, hide spots for other sports in the map's Extra Settings:
Fishing spots on the Weather Map in the Windy.app for iOS
Once you've found a spot, tap the three dots in the top right corner and choose Route to spot to get directions from your current location:
Route to spot in the Windy.app for iOS
Believe it or not, solunar tables are real. In the Windy.app, it's a chart of fish and other animal activity based on the phase of the moon. To use the Solunar feature, select Fishing as your activity in your profile. The Fish Weather Profile will then open automatically for any spot. To choose it manually, tap the fish icon to the right of the weather models on the spot's forecast screen.
Besides solunar data, you get other useful weather data for planning your fishing trip or checking conditions on the water: sea-level pressure, moonrise and moonset, air temperature, precipitation, and wind speed, direction, and gusts.
Fish Weather Profile in the Windy.app for iOS
There are 18 global and regional weather forecast models in the Windy.app. It's best to use a local model for your region. For example, use HRRR or RRFS in the US, or AROME, ICON-D2, or UKV-2 in Europe. For coastal spots, try EXP3 — the Windy.app's own AI-powered wind forecast model for coastal areas. Learn more about all weather models in the Windy.app.
Compare weather models with Compare Mode. It shows forecasts from different models on one chart, so you can choose the one you think will work best for you.
Compare Mode, Loreto, Mexico, in the Windy.app for iOS
Scroll down the page to find another useful feature for fishing — Weather History with data since 2012:
Weather History in the Windy.app for iOS
Both features are available in Windy.app Pro.
Go back to the Weather Map to see the bigger picture with wind or precipitation data from the weather model you choose. There's also an HD wind map with 4x higher resolution than the regular map, available in Windy.app Pro.
Weather Map in the Windy.app for iOS
Caught something great? Share a photo in the Community section on the spot's screen and see what other anglers are catching there.
Cover photo: hatham / Unsplash
Find more tips in our guides section.
