myBeachCast
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About myBeachCast
Going to the beach? Now you can get real-time information on beach water quality advisories, weather and water conditions all on your mobile phone for beaches in the 8 Great Lake States of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
The Great Lakes Commission (GLC), in partnership with LimnoTech and the Great Lakes states, has developed a free smartphone application that provides convenient, public access to swim advisories and other environmental conditions information for 1,900 beaches in the Great Lakes region.
Funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the myBeachCast application (app) retrieves locational and advisory data for Great Lakes and inland lake beaches in the eight Great Lakes states.
The app also features real-time and forecasted weather and lake conditions (e.g., water temperature, wave heights, wind speed/direction) and nearshore marine forecasts, drawn from the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). myBeachCast allows users to discover local beaches based on the user’s location, view beaches and their status on a map, save favorite beaches, and get driving directions.
The app was designed for the Android platform by LimnoTech, a water resources and engineering company based in Ann Arbor, Mich., in partnership with the GLC and the states. A mobile-enhanced website available on the Great Lakes Information Network (see glin.net/beachcast/conditions.html) offers complementary information for web viewers, iPhones and other mobile devices.
Data Providers Include:
NOAA National Weather Service
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
Great Lakes Observing System
State of Illinois
State of Michigan
State of Wisconsin
State of Minnesota
State of Ohio
State of Indiana
Pennsylvania's Erie County Department of Health
Pennsylvania Regional Science Consortium
BeachGuard
The Great Lakes Commission (GLC), in partnership with LimnoTech and the Great Lakes states, has developed a free smartphone application that provides convenient, public access to swim advisories and other environmental conditions information for 1,900 beaches in the Great Lakes region.
Funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the myBeachCast application (app) retrieves locational and advisory data for Great Lakes and inland lake beaches in the eight Great Lakes states.
The app also features real-time and forecasted weather and lake conditions (e.g., water temperature, wave heights, wind speed/direction) and nearshore marine forecasts, drawn from the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). myBeachCast allows users to discover local beaches based on the user’s location, view beaches and their status on a map, save favorite beaches, and get driving directions.
The app was designed for the Android platform by LimnoTech, a water resources and engineering company based in Ann Arbor, Mich., in partnership with the GLC and the states. A mobile-enhanced website available on the Great Lakes Information Network (see glin.net/beachcast/conditions.html) offers complementary information for web viewers, iPhones and other mobile devices.
Data Providers Include:
NOAA National Weather Service
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
Great Lakes Observing System
State of Illinois
State of Michigan
State of Wisconsin
State of Minnesota
State of Ohio
State of Indiana
Pennsylvania's Erie County Department of Health
Pennsylvania Regional Science Consortium
BeachGuard
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
July 2, 2015
-Added Notification feature
- Added lifeguard information for Silver Beach
- Addressed a few bug fixes for crashing while searching
June 11, 2015
-Changed wording/terminology on beach detail page
-added a legend
June 2, 2015
-Added support for new Android OS 5
-Modified menu structure to be consistent with new OS 5.
NOTE: Long press a beach name in the list view to add it to your favorites!!!
July 2, 2015
-Added Notification feature
- Added lifeguard information for Silver Beach
- Addressed a few bug fixes for crashing while searching
June 11, 2015
-Changed wording/terminology on beach detail page
-added a legend
June 2, 2015
-Added support for new Android OS 5
-Modified menu structure to be consistent with new OS 5.
NOTE: Long press a beach name in the list view to add it to your favorites!!!
Version update myBeachCast was updated to version 2.2
More downloads myBeachCast reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads myBeachCast reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Version update myBeachCast was updated to version 1.4.0
What are users saying about myBeachCast
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I searched several beaches. No useful data. If you're updating from a GLC server, bring in something useful.
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Every time I try to set my favorite it "unfortunately quit". No instructions, no menus. Absolutely useless to me.
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Love it!
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Water temperature is always listed as "N/A". This data is always accurate at the CPDBeaches web site. If this app can't get the data feeds it needs for a given city like Chicago, it might be better to leave such a city out of the app.
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The main reason I downloaded was to check water temperatures, and not I single location I searched for, offered a temp....they all said "N/A." I guess I can use it for finding area beaches...but I'll probably just uninstall it.
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Highly recommend. If the weather stations at the bouy is transmitting, information is been extremely accurate.
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All data never loaded. Only info is beach names.
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No water temps!
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Every time I try to set my favorite it "unfortunately quit". No instructions, no menus. Absolutely useless to me.
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Excellent resource for discovering beaches in the Great Lakes region and getting up-to-date information on beach conditions, weather and swimming advisories. If you use this app you won't get caught in the rain or in a dangerous current! Stay safe.
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Worked great until lollipop update on Samsung S5. No description of location anymore.
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Google maps doesn't work, missing many beaches
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Very helpful given recent problems
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Why doesn't it offer water temp when it has a spot for it?
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Google maps doesn't work, missing many beaches
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Love it!
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The beaches are shown on the map , then upon clicking the desired beach location no data ever loads. What a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Victoria - READ THE APP INFO BEFORE YOU RATE IT ONE STAR! Honestly, some people. Anyhow, this is a nice start, but can you please add water temperature where available?
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While obviously still under development, this is a great app for checking out local great lakes beaches, weather conditions and water quality.
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I used the app to find a nice out of the way beach on Lake Michigan. The app includes every public beach whether it is a township park, city beach, state park, or national lakeshore. The weather feature is nice as I dont have to hunt for it in another application. I look forward to future updates!
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NO LISTS FOR TEXAS &FLORIDA!!! FINISH THE APP,PLEASE.!!!!!!
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Waves and Water Temps would be a big step in the right direction
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Would not search. Deleted app needs updated
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Doesn't show any beaches
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Didnt even work... lg spectrum
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Didnt even work... lg spectrum
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Doesn't show any beaches
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NO LISTS FOR TEXAS &FLORIDA!!! FINISH THE APP,PLEASE.!!!!!!
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Waves and Water Temps would be a big step in the right direction
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Would not search. Deleted app needs updated
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While obviously still under development, this is a great app for checking out local great lakes beaches, weather conditions and water quality.
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I used the app to find a nice out of the way beach on Lake Michigan. The app includes every public beach whether it is a township park, city beach, state park, or national lakeshore. The weather feature is nice as I dont have to hunt for it in another application. I look forward to future updates!
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Victoria - READ THE APP INFO BEFORE YOU RATE IT ONE STAR! Honestly, some people. Anyhow, this is a nice start, but can you please add water temperature where available?
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The beaches are shown on the map , then upon clicking the desired beach location no data ever loads. What a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Love it!
by Q####:
I live near lake Ontario and every time I click my desired beach the app crashes. I wanted to check conditions and if you were able to swim or not without having take a drive to see if lifeguards were on duty to tell me if swimming is allowed for that day. Please fix.