🌊 900+ monitored sites across Aotearoa

Know before
you swim.

Real-time water quality for NZ beaches, rivers and lakes β€” on your Apple Watch, iPhone and in Siri.

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Excellent β€” safe to swim
Good β€” low risk
Fair β€” swim with caution
Poor β€” avoid swimming
Features

Everything you need at a glance.

Sewage discharge, algal blooms, post-rain runoff β€” drfty pulls live data from LAWA so you know before you go.

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Apple Watch

Glanceable water quality grade and animated tide fill right on your wrist. Works on watchOS 10 and later.

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iPhone

Nearby sites by location, full search across all of NZ, water temperature, wave height, and tide times.

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Lock Screen Widget

Pin your favourite beach to your lock screen. Animated tide fill updates throughout the day.

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900+ Sites

Every LAWA-monitored beach, river and lake in Aotearoa β€” coastal, freshwater, and everything in between.

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Marine Conditions

Sea surface temperature, wave height and period, and tidal state with next high and low tide times.

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Wear OS

Samsung Galaxy Watch and Wear OS 3+ support with the same real-time data and grade-colour UI.

Siri

Just ask.

No need to open the app. drfty registers with Siri so you can check conditions hands-free β€” like Shazam, but for the sea.

Hey Siri…
"What's the water like at Pukerua Bay in drfty?"

Pukerua Bay water quality is excellent. Safe to swim. Water temperature is 16 degrees. Waves are 0.4 metres. Tide is rising.
Coverage

All of Aotearoa.

Water quality data sourced from LAWA β€” Land Air Water Aotearoa β€” updated daily.

900+
Monitored swim sites
Daily
Data refresh from LAWA
Free
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