As I’ve become obsessed with surfing the Great Lakes, and Surfing Lake Michigan in particular, I’m constantly scouring the NOAA and NWS sites for details about potential waves and wind. To help consolidate this information I put together a little webapp that would let me check the conditions at a glance wherever I’m at. It’s been extremely helpful, so I thought I’d open it up to everyone and let you test it out. Since it’s still in development and it can go offline at any time, I’m calling it a BETA version. I’ve tested it on both an iphone and a droid and it seemed to work on both.
SurfingLakes.com Iphone and Droid Forecasting WebApp BETA
If you would like to to give it try please click the button below or simply type http://surfinglakes.com/mobile into your mobile phone. In the webapp you will see a buton labeled “Leave Feedback.” I’d love to hear any comments or suggestions you have.
Please keep in mind that the webapp can sometimes have out-of-date data, and potentially inaccurate data. Do not use the data for navigational, forecasting, or safety purposes. Please consult the NWA, NOAA, or other original sources for the official weather data, and please read the Terms of Service before using.
How to add a link to your home screen or desktop
iphone
- Go to the page http://surfinglakes.com/mobile in your safari browser
- Click the + button in the menu bar at the bottom of the screen
- Click “Add to Home Screen”
- A link to surfinglakes mobile should now be on your home screen
Droid
- Go to the page http://surfinglakes.com/mobile in the browser
- Bookmark the page
- Return to the Droid home screen
- Long-press in an empty space to bring up the “Add to Home Screen” menu
- Click “Shortcuts”, select “Bookmark”, and then choose the SurfingLakes bookmark
