Planner · Cross-mode

When should I go?

A future planning layer that sits on top of every other mode. Instead of asking you to interpret multiple charts, it answers the real question: 'When is the best time to go?' for a specific activity at a specific coastal location.

Activities
4+
Clamming · Charter · Photography · Tidepooling
Horizon
7–14 days
Forward-looking windows
Rating
3-tier
Good · Great · Exceptional
Signals
6+
Tide + current + wind + swell + moon + sun
Concept: opinionated windows

The planner works in three steps:

Step 1
Choose location + activity
Select a harbor or station and what you want to do
Step 2
Rule-set applied
AlaskaTides scores the next 7–14 days against activity-specific thresholds
Step 3
Ranked windows surface
You see a short list of the best upcoming windows with ratings and direct links into the relevant mode page
Example rules by activity
Clamming
CLAMMING
Extreme minus tide · Daylight · Calm
Clamming mode →
Halibut / charter
CHARTER
Slack + workable swell + wind limit
Charter mode →
Photography
PHOTO
Minus tide + golden hour + moon
Photography mode →
Tidepooling
TIDEPOOL
Strong minus tide · Daylight · Light wind
Best at -1.5 ft or lower MLLW
Implementation path

v1 can be entirely rule-based at build time or client-side, using the same NOAA APIs and forecast data already powering other modes. An AI layer can later generate narrative copy for each window in natural language.

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