Welcome to the Beta, Captain

On the PLAN YOUR RUN tab, pick your ride date (tonight-for-tomorrow works), departure time, duration, and your zone — by ZIP, by tapping theLIVE ZONE MAP, or in plain English ("launching from Goodland, heading to the dome homes").

You get a full WXRR report: the big LAUNCH / CAUTION / NO LAUNCH pill, a 0–10 launch index, the risk board, storm timing, tides, live radar trend, and the Pass & Rip Hazard read for your inlet. The report auto-refreshes every 5 minutes while you have it open.

Armed alerts push a notification to your phone the moment radar shows cells closing on your launch — even with the app closed. Apple requires one thing first: the app must live on your Home Screen.

1. 1. Open this site in Safari, tap the Share button (square with the up arrow).
2. 2. Scroll down, tap "Add to Home Screen", then Add.
3. 3. Open the app from that new home-screen icon (not Safari).
4. 4. Generate a report for your zone and tap ARM PHONE ALERTS — allow notifications when asked. You'll get a test push right away so you know it works.

On Android it's simpler: just tap ARM PHONE ALERTS in Chrome and allow notifications.

On the water, open RIDE MODE from your report. It tracks your live GPS position, re-reads the radar at your position every couple minutes, and calls the play out loud: "RUN SW NOW — cell 8 mi NW, ~22 min out" — with a chime and vibration when things escalate.

Tap SHARE LIVE POSITION and send the Buddy Watch link. Shore opens a live map — your track, radar, and lightning — no app or login needed.

Keep the phone mounted, on, and unlocked. If the screen sleeps, Ride Mode is dead — the browser stops GPS and radar. Pocket the phone only if phone alerts are armed; those still fire with the app closed.

After you tap RECORD TRAIL, Ride Mode keeps your GPS breadcrumbs. When you're back on the trailer, openPAST RIDES to replay the route on a map — the trail animates with distance, duration, and top speed. Every replay has a share link for the group chat.

After your ride, the app asks one question: how did the water actually treat you? One tap — GOOD / MIXED / ROUGH. Every answer is scored against what the report predicted, and that's how the WXRR gets sharper every week of this beta. Found a bug? Use theFEEDBACK button any time.