Big spring update 2026: What's new in Catchwise 🌿

Maritime weather, rebuilt

The wind layer has been rebuilt from the ground up — finer detail across the chart, hour by hour, with better forecasting of how wind develops over time. Gusts are now in the same view as average wind, because gusts are what actually decide whether a shift is workable.

Currents and tides got the same treatment. Forecasts now run hour by hour and switch between surface and seabed in the same view, so you can plan around direction and speed through the day instead of working off a daily summary.

The biggest workflow change is how you pull a forecast in the first place. Right-click any spot on the map and a forecast panel opens for that exact location — short-term and long-term, steppable through the coming hours and days. Right-click two locations and compare them side by side before you decide where to steam.

Behind all of that is a broader set of conditions on one map: wind with gusts, waves, currents, sea temperature (surface and bottom), depth, plankton, upwelling, and ice. The point isn't more data for the sake of it — it's that everything you use to read a ground sits in the same view, and the layers work together.

Ocean infrastructure on the chart

A new map layer shows offshore platforms, subsea wells, and gas pipelines drawn directly on the chart. Click any feature for its name and metadata. Whether you're steering clear of infrastructure to protect gear, or working along it where structure concentrates fish, you can now see what's on the seabed in the same view as your tracks, weather, and conditions.

Fishing activity, always on

Where the fleet has been actively fishing is now part of the map by default, shown as blue dashed tracks tied to the time window you've selected. Saved vessels have a cleaner overview with one-click track-all, and adding a vessel is now a drag-and-drop — grab it from the list, drop it into your saved vessels, done.

The thread that ties them together

Picking a ground is a judgement call built from many signals — conditions, what's on the seabed, where the fleet has been working, how it all compares to your other options. This spring's releases pull more of those signals onto the same map, in the same workflow, so you spend less time hunting for data and more time fishing.