Recreational boating is a popular and enjoyable marine recreation activity for many people in the CARICOOS region. However, in order to minimize risks, boaters need easy access to sea state conditions that can help them make suitable decisions. Taking into account this need, and given CARICOOS success with PA’ LA PLAYA app, a market analysis was conducted to gather data on potential user’s preferences on what information, appearance, and design should CARICOOS Boating app have. Certainly, the developers incorporated these preferences into the app design. 

Since summer 2020, the CARICOOS Boating app is available for iPhone and Android users in both Spanish and English. The app features current conditions (wind, waves, tides, and meteorological), wind and wave forecasts from CARICOOS, tides, and meteorological forecasts from National Weather Service and weather alerts. It also has an offline mode that allows use in areas with no network coverage. We are currently offering a series of webinars to teach the public how to use it. To download the CARICOOS Boating app, go to:

iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/caricoos-boating-app/id1472791298

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.caricoos.boatingapp&hl=en_US