Windy.app · Fishing & Weather Alerts

Plan your next fishing trip.

Get fish scores and fishing windows for your spot, then track the wind, waves, and rain for your next trip. Weather Alerts is a PRO feature.

Fishing Where to find? Turning on Weather alerts Smart alerts
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Fishing

Keep an eye on your favorite fishing spot without checking the app every day. Fishing alerts bring the fish score and fishing windows straight to your phone.

What’s in a fishing alert?

See the fish score for your spot and the fishing windows for the forecast date.

Each alert is linked to a specific spot. Open the spot you want to track.

Can't find your spot on the map? Create your own using the star icon. If the spot already exists, tapping the star adds it to your favorites.

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Turn on Fish Alerts

On the spot page, find the Weather Alerts widget and turn alerts on. Look at animation below. If prompted, allow notifications for Windy.app on your iPhone.

Weather Alerts widget on a spot page.
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Just turn it on!

In the alert settings, select Fishing alerts and turn on Enable alerts.

Push time

Use Receive fish alert at … to choose what time you want to receive your fishing notification.

Push notification time setting in alert settings.

Days in advance

Use Notify me … days before to choose how far ahead you want your fishing forecast, from 1 to 10 days.

Days in advance setting in alert settings.
Turn for your spot

You will be redirected to your nearest spot, if your geolocation is on.

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Weather alerts

Alongside Fishing alerts, choose wind, waves, rain, or any combination of them. Set the conditions you want to be notified about.

Wind

Choose your wind speed and gust speed ranges, then select the wind directions you need.

Wind direction setting in Weather Alerts.
Wind speed setting in Weather Alerts.
Gust speed setting in Weather Alerts.

Waves

Choose a wave height range, a wave period range, and wave directions. Wave period is the time between successive waves.

Wave direction setting in Weather Alerts.
Wave height setting in Weather Alerts.
Wave period setting in Weather Alerts.

Rain

Choose how much rain should accumulate over a selected period. The amount is the total rainfall during that period.

Rain amount setting in Weather Alerts.
Accumulation period setting in Weather Alerts.

Choose a time window and model

Choose the preferred time window for the conditions you want to track. Set the minimum duration: how long those conditions need to last.

Preferred time window setting.
Minimum duration setting in Weather Alerts.

Forecast model

You can choose a forecast model for wind and rain. Model selection is not available for waves. We'll look for your conditions in the selected model's forecast.

Forecast model setting in Weather Alerts.
Check how far ahead your model forecastsAlerts can only look as far ahead as the selected model's forecast, even if you choose more days in advance.

When will you get your message?

Days in advance

Choose how many days ahead to look for your conditions, starting tomorrow. Select the days you want to be notified about.

If the forecast matches your settings on multiple days, we'll group those dates into a single push notification.

Days in advance setting in Weather Alerts.

Push time

Choose what time you want to receive push notifications about your selected weather conditions.

Push notification time setting in Weather Alerts.
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Smart alerts

We've calculated the best weather parameters for your chosen activity. Select fishing for spots where you fish, or hiking for a spot in your neighborhood. The exact list of parameters is shown below the selected activity. Smart alerts track weather conditions; use Fishing alerts above for fish scores and fishing windows.

Activity selection and weather parameters for Smart alerts.

Days of the week

Smart alerts are linked to specific days of the week. You'll receive an alert at your chosen time on the day before each selected day.

Days of the week selection for Smart alerts.
Keep your alerts up to dateTo change your settings or turn alerts off, return to the Weather Alerts widget on the spot page.
Try WindTry wavesTry rain

You will be redirected to your nearest spot, if your geolocation is on.