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Conditions ​

The Conditions tab shows weather and marine forecasts for the port (or for the ship's likely position, on a sea day). Forecasts are fetched from Open-Meteo, a free weather API, and cached on your device so the forecast still appears if you open the tab offline.

📷 Screenshot needed: Conditions tab (/images/itinerary-day/conditions.png)

When forecasts appear ​

Public forecast services typically only publish reliable data for the next 7 days. To avoid showing meaningless numbers months in advance, Cruise Buddy hides the forecast until the cruise is close:

Forecasts will show from 2 days before departure.

Once you're inside the window — or already on the cruise — Cruise Buddy refreshes the forecast automatically about once per day.

Port days ​

For a port day with a known location (latitude/longitude), the Conditions tab shows:

  • Temperature — high, low, current.
  • Conditions — sunny, cloudy, rain, etc., with a matching icon.
  • Wind — speed and direction.
  • Precipitation — chance and millimetres.
  • Sunrise and sunset times for the port.
  • Marine data where available — wave height, wave direction, sea surface temperature.

If Cruise Buddy doesn't have a location for the day yet (you've entered a port name but not coordinates), open Edit day and either pick the country or geocode the port to get coordinates.

Sea days ​

On a sea day Cruise Buddy uses the surrounding port days to estimate where the ship will be, then fetches a marine forecast for that point. You'll see wave height, wave direction and sea surface temperature, plus weather where the day's path crosses a coastline.

If Cruise Buddy can't place the ship — for example, a sea day with no surrounding port days — the Conditions tab shows a placeholder explaining why.

When forecasts fail ​

If the forecast service is unreachable or returns an error, the tab shows the last known good forecast (if any) plus a banner explaining the failure. Cruise Buddy will retry automatically the next time you open the app or come back online.

Privacy ​

Cruise Buddy sends only the latitude and longitude of the day to Open-Meteo. No cruise, account or device identifiers are sent.