Built for UK shore anglers
Other fishing apps give you the data. Castwise tells you what to do with it: where to fish, when to go, what to target and why. Castwise is rolled out across the UK and ready to use for shore-fishing planning wherever you fish.
Other fishing apps give you the data. Castwise tells you what to do with it. Castwise is rolled out across the UK and ready to use for shore-fishing planning wherever you fish. It combines tide, weather, swell, pressure, moon phase, ground type, depth, season, catch history and safety data to recommend where to fish, when to go, what species to target and what tackle to use.
No. Tide apps show raw tide times. Castwise interprets tide, weather, swell, terrain, species behaviour, safety risk and your logged outcomes to produce mark-specific and species-specific fishing recommendations.
Castwise is built for UK shore anglers — beach, rock, pier, estuary and harbour fishers — from casual anglers to regular locals and specimen hunters who want sharper planning without exposing private marks.
Castwise is rolled out across the UK and ready to use for shore-fishing planning wherever you fish. UK-wide forecasts, scoring and planning are available now, with public marks and private custom marks supported across the country.
Castwise is not confined to a launch county or a handful of south-west marks. The same planning model supports public and private shore marks around the whole UK coast.
Plan beaches, estuaries, piers, harbours and rock marks from the North Sea to the Channel and Atlantic coasts.
Compare exposed mainland and island coasts, sheltered sea lochs and local private marks using the same condition-led method.
Score surf beaches, estuaries, rough ground and strong tidal coasts while keeping local access and safety checks visible.
Use UK-wide forecasts and scoring for public or private shore marks, then verify the current DAERA rules for retained fish.
Tide tables, forecasts and maps are useful inputs. Castwise joins those signals into one ranked decision for your target species, marks and available session window.
| Feature | Castwise | Tide table app | Weather app |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tide times | Yes | Yes | Sometimes |
| Mark-specific scoring | Yes | — | — |
| Species-specific advice | Yes | — | — |
| Swell and wind interpretation | Yes | — | Partial |
| Terrain / ground context | Yes | — | — |
| Safety context | Yes | Limited | Limited |
| Logbook learning | Yes | — | — |
Castwise reads each mark and current conditions, scores every target species separately, assesses safety independently, then applies any safety penalty before ranking the best session window.
Ground, depth, structure, exposure, casting range, difficulty and known species for public and private shore marks.
Tide stage, spring/neap range, wind, swell, pressure, sea temperature, clarity, moon and solunar periods.
Every target is scored on its own, so the honest answer can be “fish bass here” or “switch target tonight”.
The raw fishing-potential score stays visible. Detected safety concerns then reduce the ranked recommendation score by transparent point penalties.
Open the score to see what helped, what hurt and whether the data behind the recommendation is strong enough to trust.
Catches and blanks tune your private recommendations. Opted-in outcomes also improve thresholded community patterns without publishing private marks.
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Let Castwise turn marks, conditions, species, safety and your fishing history into one clear plan.