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Get started in three minutes

Install WindFish from Google Play, or open the Web app in your browser. Choose your language and first location.

1. Open WindFish on Google Play and tap Install. On a computer, the QR code opens the instructions on your phone.
2. Already using WindFish? Export your JSON backup, then update without uninstalling or clearing data.
3. Choose Français or English, then Shore or Boat. Data and maps load automatically online. Wind is displayed in km/h by default.
4. Select a coastal reference, coordinates or phone location. Wait for synthesis to finish before checking which sources actually returned.

Read the clock without mixing indicators

The dial brings together time, solunar windows and available conditions. Each reading opens its details.

1. Select a day, then drag the dial or time slider.
2. Low: outside a solunar period; Moderate: a minor period; High: a major period.
3. Tap a period for its times and to plan an outing. An outing can end on the following day.
4. Tap Pressure for hPa, its graph and the forecast change over three hours.

Use the wind map

The base map and weather grid load separately. Visible city names do not mean the wind field has loaded.

1. Open Map → Wind with Wi-Fi or mobile data enabled. The layer starts loading automatically.
2. On opening, the circle marks a 3 km radius around the spot. After panning, tap 3 km to restore the view.
3. Check progress and source statuses. Once data arrives, colours show speed and particles show airflow.
4. Animated wind / Fixed arrows controls motion. ▶ plays forecast hours; it is not needed to animate wind at a fixed time.
5. The reading at the map centre is not necessarily the spot-marker reading. Tap a point for details.
6. Panning and zooming schedule bounded, delayed loading. Refresh still respects cache and provider limits.
7. With no grid, open Details → Layer diagnostics. Version 1.9.0 corrects multi-point requests. The last refusal and next retry time stay visible; do not repeatedly tap.

Separate total waves, swell and wind waves

Boat mode gives Wind, Total waves and Swell separate main readings. Sea details preserve the components and their origin.

1. Open Boat → Sea & swell details for heights, periods and directions.
2. Read total waves, swell and wind waves separately; secondary swell depends on the source.
3. Review the hourly table and wind, gusts, water temperature and currents across the whole outing.
4. Missing readings stay —. Component heights must not be added together.

Why is a personal limit exceeded?

The banner compares your preferences with forecasts. It is neither an official warning nor a fault to hide.

1. Tap the banner for the variable, forecast value and saved threshold.
2. Check the model and time: a recent source may exceed your limit even when the displayed median is lower.
3. Wind, gusts and waves have separate settings. Your limits are not changed automatically.
4. Change preferences deliberately in Settings, not simply to make a message disappear.

Choose the right weather imagery

A forecast, satellite image and rainfall estimate tell different stories. Each image’s timestamp matters.

1. Forecast rain is a model layer, not live radar.
2. Satellite — clouds uses daily MODIS imagery at dates published by the catalogue.
3. Satellite rain uses IMERG 30-minute estimates, published with a delay of several hours.
4. Past radar uses historical RainViewer frames, subject to coverage for your area.

GPS and nearby places

WindFish ranks coastal references and private spots from the returned phone position; you choose which point to use.

1. Tap the GPS target and Locate me. Allow location while in use when the phone asks.
2. Check the fix timestamp and accuracy; approximate positions are explicitly labelled.
3. Filter 10, 25, 50 or 100 km, search by name or choose My spots.
4. Without a fix, the interface explains the distance origin and settings to check.

Bait, contacts and announcements

The directory helps discover suppliers and retain dated announcement evidence without inventing stock.

1. Open More → Bait, select a point or town and run a consented search.
2. Calling, directions and websites are available when contact fields exist. No call or message is sent automatically.
3. Google/Facebook searches use the shop name and town. They open a browser without unrestricted automatic import.
4. Add the text, link and date of an accessible announcement; review the interpretation before saving.
5. A check by phone or visit remains a dated private record. Old announcements expire and conflicts are flagged.

Plan, record and back up

Outing tools connect your timing, technique and personal history.

1. The 3–72-hour report combines conditions, solunar periods, limits and available bait information.
2. After the outing, record duration, anglers, technique, target species and catches, including zero.
3. Statistics use those sessions and their effort; they are not invented estimates of fish concentration.
4. Export JSON backups regularly, keep them private and import through settings when needed.

When something goes wrong

Start with the exact message, installed version and last action. Do not delete your records to fix a display problem.

1. Check Google Play for updates if the app came from the store. For a direct APK installation, check this website’s Release and installation page.
2. One missing source does not mean all forecasts failed. Map and point requests are separate.
3. Open More → Settings → Android diagnostics; read the text before sharing through a trusted channel.
4. For a crash, note whether it happened at startup, GPS, map or report. Do not disable Play Protect.

Your copy of the installation guide

Download the FR/EN guide (.txt)