The Tides app now supports the iPad. This is a free update for all Tides Planner 10 and Day Tides users (*), so the same app now runs in both iPhone and iPad.

We have also added some improvements:
- Tidal streams/currents (Europe) show strength in color.
- The minimum depth indicator moves with the scale automatically. Use this feature to assess depth for different charted depths.
- Shortcut to favourites from front screen.

(*) The 2009 Tides Planner Plus app will be updated in the next few weeks for full iPad support.

New Manual for the Tides Planner app. See the tides page or get with this link.
Tides User Manual

Catherine in Oregon uses the tides app for a great relaxing pursuit… ‘I have a house at the beach and love to walk my dogs at low tide. Your app
is pretty good. I’d love to be able to scroll either forward or backward to see the tides for adjacent days.’
The dog likes the exercise!

Tides version 2.0.
Tidal streams/currents are now available in Tides Planner 10, and we have also updated users of last year’s Tides Planner Plus. Thank you for all your feedback on our beta version. Tidal stream predictions are based on the hourly based system which is the standard of the IHO and used on charts. The geographical range covers Ireland, the UK, Belgium, Holland and part of German and Danish waters. In future we will add currents for France, parts of Australia and other countries.

Make a basic plan with tide heights and currents, both of which can be emailed from the app.

Good luck to David Bowdler and Nigel De Quervain Colley, who sail in the round Britain and Ireland race 2010. Follow them at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fastrak-VII-Round-Britain-and-Ireland-Race-2010/337195898443.

Our new iPhone App  Marine Chart Symbols is out today in the App Store.
- Comprehensive coverage: more than 800 symbols and abbreviations.
- IHO standard followed by all national hydrographic offices including UKHO, SHOM, NOAA, CHS, INM, Imray and more.
- Full content tree, organised for ease of use.
- Index and grouped index for all entries.
- Search facility.
- Sample chart with visual popups for commonly used symbols.
- Favourites: archive your best symbols.
- Multi-language within the app (English/French – more languages in future updates).

If you are going to the London Boat Show (8-16 Jan) pop into the Imray stand to catch up on the latest apps we are working on.

Professional photographer Julian Calverley uses Tides Planner to time the best moment for photographs at the seaside. ‘… I’m an advertising photographer and use the tides app for achieving tide crucial shots like the one below…’

See more of his stunning photographs at www.juliancalverley.com.

Tides Planner 10 is in the App Store. Tides 2010/2011.

Tides Planner Plus remains in the App Store for updates to existing users. New users please go to Tides Planner 10.

To our nearly 200,000 users who sail, dive, powerboat, surf and enjoy the sea, Happy Christmas and our best wishes for the new year.  We hope to extend our apps with chart navigation, tidal streams, navigation theory, boat handling and more and look forward to releasing them to iTunes.
Feliz Navidad a todos nuestros usuarios.
Joyeux Noël à tous nos utilisateurs.
Fröhliche Weihnachten für alle unsere Nutzer.
Buon Natale a tutti i nostri utenti.
ハッピークリスマス、すべてのユーザーに。