Moving water.
Feeding moon.
The tide from the station nearest you and the day's solunar windows, on one clock, with a marker on now and the next turn spelled out.
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Move across either chart to read any moment of the day, the way you press and hold in the app.
Tides and solunar in Cobia, the free fishing app, put the two clocks fish feed on side by side. The tide card draws the predicted curve from the nearest NOAA tide station, names the station, and labels every high and low. The solunar card shows the day's major and minor bite windows, sunrise and sunset, and says whether a window is on now or when the next one starts.
Key facts
- Tide source
- Predictions from the nearest NOAA tide station, named on the card.
- On the tide card
- Height now, rising or falling, the next high or low, and every high and low with its time and height.
- Bite windows
- Two majors a day, about two hours each, and two minors of about an hour.
- Also on the clock
- Sunrise, sunset, the night shaded, the moon phase and a solunar rating out of 100.
- How far ahead
- Tide for 24 hours, 3 days or 7 days. Ask Cobia for any date.
- Price and platforms
- Free on iPhone and Android.
One line tells you where the day stands
Solunar windows follow the moon. The card does the reading for you, so a glance says whether a window is on, when the next one opens, or that the day's windows are done.
The moon overhead or underfoot. About two hours, drawn taller and deeper.
Moonrise and moonset. About an hour.
Shaded from sunset to sunrise, so a window on first or last light stands out.
The phase and a solunar rating out of 100 sit with the briefing's conditions.
The same sample Saturday, read at three times of day.
8:48 PM
Sample. Tap 3D or 7D to stretch the same curve across the days ahead.
Pick the day by its tide
Tide predictions are astronomy, so a week out is as sound as tomorrow. Stretch the tide card to three or seven days in Full Weather and see when the water turns on the day you can go.
- Every high and low gets a dot. On a week the labels thin out so they stay readable.
- Change your spot and the station changes with it. The card always names the one it read.
- The briefing reads it for you. Moving water and the bite windows both feed the day's bite score. See the briefing
Ask about the tide anywhere
Ask Cobia about a tide and it pulls the table from the nearest station to the place you name, for the day and the time you ask about. Tomorrow at 3 PM, a weekend next month, or the morning of a trip you already took.
Ask CobiaSample conversation. The status line shows while Cobia looks it up.
The rest of the read
Questions about tides and solunar
Which tide station does Cobia use?
The nearest NOAA tide station to the place you picked, and its name is on the tide card so you can check it. Change your spot and the station changes with it.
What are major and minor solunar periods?
Majors are the stretches when the moon is overhead or underfoot, about two hours each. Minors are around moonrise and moonset, about an hour each. Most days have two of each.
Does solunar theory actually work?
It's a pattern, not a law. Plenty of anglers find the windows productive, most of all when one lines up with moving water or first or last light. Cobia treats it as one input to the bite score, next to the tide, the wind, the clouds and the pressure.
How far ahead can I see the tide?
Full Weather shows 24 hours, 3 days or 7 days. Ask Cobia can give you the tide for any date and time you name.
Are tides and solunar free in Cobia?
Yes. The tide card, the bite windows and Ask Cobia are free in Cobia on iPhone and Android.
Fish the turn,
not the clock.
Download Cobia, set your water, and see when it moves.
