Sea & Wind Support

FAQs

Some General FAQs

Is Sea & Wind Free to Join? Yes, it’s absolutely free to be a member of Sea & Wind. Can I have both a business and a personal account on Sea & Wind? That is actually encouraged, especially if your business or organization is sailing related. Each account...

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A support site for Sea & Wind!

Welcome to the new Sea & Wind support site! This is where you’ll find news, articles and help related to the Sea & Wind website. Sea & Wind is the community and resources site for sailing. It’s a worldwide community, but with local emphasis wherever you sail. If...

Weather, Tides & Currents on Sea & Wind

Add weather & tides links to you website

Sea & Wind’s hyperlocal weather forecasts and tides tables are a great addition to any boating related website. Join the growing list of websites to include this service. How to add a hyperlocal weather forecast link How to add nearby tide station links Here are some sample implementations...

Sea & Wind weather page

Link to a Sea & Wind Weather Spot!

Sea & Wind weather spots can be accessed with a permalink — a link to a spot forecast anywhere in the world. There’s no login required, though you get extra functionality if you do log in. Selecting a weather spot is as easy as clicking on the map....

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Sharing YouTube videos in posts

Sharing a YouTube video in a post is easy. Just paste the YouTube share link in the text of you post. This works if you are not also adding images to your post.

Sample Pin Set

Creating and sharing your own pins

Pins (or waypoints) can easily be created and grouped into shareable Pin Sets on Sea & Wind. Pin Sets can be set to “Public” if you want anyone with the set’s permalink to view it. Some other powerful features of Pin Sets include: The following image shows a...

Sea & Wind Calendar

The 2024 Sea & Wind Calendar

The new Sea & Wind Calendar is now available online. This attractive year-at-a-glance poster calendar will beautify any wall with nine striking images of sailboats on San Francisco Bay. Size is 11×14 inches, perfect for framing. It features photography by Louis Benainous, and includes images of both racing...

Tides & currents on Sea & Wind

Tides & Currents on Sea & Wind

Visit the Sea & Wind Tides page and select from thousands of tide and current stations. You can now get a forecast for both tides and currents for any date! Once you’ve selected a station, it will be your default station until you select another.

NOAA Charts

NOAA Charts on Sea & Wind

You can view NOAA Charts on Sea & Wind! Just click on the layers button, and select the layer of your choice, including NOAA charts. These are available for US locations only. Want to know what the symbols on the NOAA charts stand for? The US Government’s Chart...

Hats from the Sea & Wind store

Now available, Sea & Wind hats!

Be the first on your boat to wear a Sea & Wind watch cap or baseball cap. Both items are available in black or navy blue at the Sea & Wind Store.

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Changing the order of photos in your post

Want to select which photo will appear first in your post? Or set the order? After adding photos to the post creation form, you can change the order by simply clicking on an image and dragging it to the new desired position.