Up at the surface
Everything you need, one glance away.
Water quality, tide, UV, sea state and community sightings — drfty helps you know before you go, on whatever's closest to hand.
On your wrist
The grade and an animated tide fill, right on your watch face. Raise your wrist before the dawn surf — no app to open.
- Glanceable grade complication
- Animated tide fill through the day
- watchOS 10 and later
In your pocket
Nearby sites the moment you arrive somewhere new, or search every monitored spot in the country. Check tide, waves, water temp and sightings nearby.
- Nearby by location, search all of NZ
- Sea temp, wave height, tide times
- Report seals, orcas, jellyfish and hazards
- Lock Screen widget for your beach
Hands-free with Siri
“What’s the water like at Pukerua Bay?” — like Shazam, but for the sea.
Wear OS too
Samsung Galaxy Watch and Wear OS 3+, same real-time data and grade colours.
Coastal sightings
Report wildlife like seals, orcas, dolphins and jellyfish, plus hazards, so people nearby can make better calls.
Free, no ads
No subscription, no tracking, no upsell. The safety answer is never paywalled.
New · coastal sightings
See what’s out there before you get in.
The drfty community maps the marine life moving along the coast — orca, dolphins, seals, penguins, whales and stingrays, with a heads-up when jellyfish are about. Free to look, no account needed.
- Free to browse the map. Sign in only to add your own sighting.
- “Still here” or “gone” votes keep it honest, so the map shows what’s actually about.
- Rewind the coast a day, a week or a month.
Sharks stay official-feed only, never crowd-reported. drfty won’t turn a shark scare into a notification.
Not just swimmers
For anyone making a call at the coast.
Useful for dog walkers, surfers, fishers, boaties, nature lovers, swimmers, paddlers and anyone wondering whether it's a yeah or a nah.
Dog walkers
Water quality, jellyfish, seals and other heads-up info before the lead comes off.
Surfers & swimmers
Water quality, wave height, tide and temperature before getting in.
Fishers & boaties
Tide, sea state and nearby reports before heading out.
Nature lovers
Sightings of seals, orcas, dolphins and coastal life alongside the conditions.
Just ask
No need to even open it.
All of Aotearoa. 900+ sites,
graded fresh every day.
Coastal beaches, rivers and lakes — water quality from LAWA, tide and UV from NIWA, marine data from Open-Meteo, and sightings from the drfty community.