For sailing you want three things from a wind app: a forecast you can trust, live readings near you and enough detail on gusts and direction. These seven cover those needs in different ways.
1. Windfinder
Windfinder.com · 4.8 out of 5 (62,351 ratings)
Sailors who want forecasts and live station wind worldwide
Wind and weather forecasts for over 160,000 locations, live measurements from 21,000 weather stations, tides for over 20,000 locations, wave height, period and direction, and an animated wind map.
- Price:
- Free with ads; Windfinder Plus $1.99/month or $12.99/year (7-day free trial); ad-free from $2.49
- What it doesn't do:
- Wind alerts and Superforecast, its hourly high-resolution model, are part of Windfinder Plus.
App Store page →2. SailFlow
WeatherFlow · 4.7 out of 5 (5,842 ratings)
US sailors racing or day sailing near Tempest stations
Live wind from over 150,000 stations, including its own Tempest stations on buoys and piers, Nearcast and public models (HRRR, NAM, GFS, ICON), wind maps, radar, NWS marine forecasts, tides and free wind alerts.
- Price:
- Free; Plus, Pro and Gold memberships as in-app purchases, from $3.99 to $179.99
App Store page →3. PredictWind
PredictWind Limited · 4.8 out of 5 (32,885 ratings)
Cruisers who want routing on the wind forecast
Marine forecasts from ECMWF, AIFS, ICON, UKMO, GFS and its own PWAi, PWG and PWE models, maps for wind, waves, currents and CAPE, weather routing for your boat, departure planning and AIS.
- Price:
- Free; Basic $6.99/month or $29.00/year, Standard $249.00/year, Professional $499.00/year
App Store page →4. Windy.com
Windyty, SE · 4.8 out of 5 (80,150 ratings)
Sailors who want to compare models on an animated map
More than 50 animated weather maps and more than 15 models (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, ICON-EU, HRRR, NAM, AROME-HD and others), radar and satellite, waves, swell, tides, currents, sea temperature, webcams and custom weather alerts.
- Price:
- Free; Windy Premium as an in-app purchase, from $2.99 to $29.99
- What it doesn't do:
- The 15-day outlook, 4-6 daily updates and the tide forecast map are part of Windy Premium.
App Store page →5. Windy.app
Windy Weather World Inc · 4.7 out of 5 (73,163 ratings)
Dinghy sailors who also kite or windsurf
Wind forecast for 10 days in 3-hour steps, animated wind map, wave forecast, wind alerts, a weather archive back to 2012, over 30,000 spots with spot chats, and an offline mode.
- Price:
- Free; WINDY PRO from $9.99 (1 month) to $164.99, with a 3- or 7-day free trial
App Store page →6. Wisuki
WISUKI GLOBAL, S.L. · 4.6 out of 5 (873 ratings)
Sailors who choose a spot by wind orientation
Wind, waves, weather and tides for surfing, kiting, fishing and sailing: find the best spot for your preferred conditions, with wind orientation for each spot, 30-day tides, monthly statistics and a session community.
- Price:
- Free; Wisuki PRO $2.49/month or $22.49/year
App Store page →7. Scirocco
Simone Ruggiero, Naples (Italy)
Sailors in the Mediterranean who want to know how reliable the wind forecast is
Hourly wind, gusts and direction for 7 days with ICON-2I (2 km, Italy and nearby seas) against ICON-EU and ECMWF, a reliability label, and the local wind name: Tramontana, Grecale, Levante, Scirocco and the others.
- Price:
- Free up to 20 waypoints; Pro $24.99/year (7-day free trial) or $3.99/week (3-day free trial)
- What it doesn't do:
- No nautical charts with depths and no AIS.
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Download Scirocco →Prices, features and ratings of the apps come from their US App Store listings on October 20, 2026 and may change: Windfinder, SailFlow, PredictWind, Windy.com, Windy.app, Wisuki, Scirocco.
Windfinder, SailFlow, WeatherFlow, PredictWind, Windy, Windy.app and Wisuki are trademarks of their respective owners. Scirocco is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by them.