Honest comparison · Best-in-class weather visualisation

Windy vs Fishare.

We respect what Windy does well. Here is exactly where we're different and where we're not.

What Windy owns

Beautiful weather animation
Global coverage
Pilot/sailing accuracy benchmarks
Free tier is generous

Where Fishare is different

Bite score on top of the weather. Wind, wave, SST, tide and a real model that scores fishing conditions for your species, your spot, your hour. Theirs has zero fishing logic.
AIS vessel layer included. Currents and SST gradients included. One map for every layer an angler needs, plus the score.
Tide model backed by ~5000 NOAA/BoM/LINZ stations. Theirs is weather-only — tide via a separate tab.
Species-aware forecasts. Tuna / snapper / mulloway / striper all weight different features differently.

When you should stay with Windy

Need raw atmospheric weather depth → they're unbeatable.
Pilot / sailor / kitesurfer who doesn't care about a bite score → stay with them.
Want pure wind/wave animation as a hobby → they're art.

What Fishare doesn't do (yet or by design)

Beat them on raw atmospheric model variety. We use Open-Meteo which is excellent for our use case; we don't multi-source-blend.

They built the weather layer; we built the fishing layer on top. If you only need to know the wind for your kite, they win. If you need to know which day this weekend is worth the petrol for the snapper run, the bite score is what matters and we have one trained on real catches.

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SAVE THIS SPOT. GET PUSHED WHEN THE BITE TURNS ON.

Fishare tracks your home spots and pings you when the next 3-hour peak window opens. Log catches and blanks to teach the model your local patterns. Free forever for everyone who joins now.

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