Latest features and improvements — 105 updates
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Box jellyfish alerts now start 2–3 days before the warning window, plus a full moon day notice explaining that jellyfish typically arrive 8–10 days later. Plan your beach days ahead. Check it out →
New Reservoirs page showing real-time water levels from 25 monitoring stations across O‘ahu, Maui, and Kaua‘i. Each reservoir shows its current level vs. watch threshold with color-coded gauges. Data from the University of Hawai‘i Sea Level Center (UHSLC). Also added to the overview dashboard as a gauge and card. Check it out →
Sign in to choose which alert types you receive. Toggle weather, flood, surf, infrastructure, volcano, jellyfish, shark sightings, and more on or off. Critical alerts (tsunami, earthquake, emergency) are always on and cannot be disabled. Your preferences apply to push notifications, banners, and toasts. Check it out →
The app now auto-requests your precise location on first visit for more accurate weather data and nearest mesonet station. If location access is denied, you can still select your island manually.
Added Fairmont Kea Lani, Royal Lahaina Resort, Maui Eldorado (2 views), Maui Kai, Bluesmiths Sunset, Wailea Golf, Plantation Course at Kapalua, Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Whaler’s Cove Poipu (2 views), Wailea Vacation Rentals, Westin Hapuna Beach, Napili Kai Beach Resort, and more. Many cameras upgraded from YouTube to direct HLS streams for genuine real-time video. Check it out →
The LIVE badge on cameras now only appears when a stream is actually broadcasting. YouTube cams are checked via the YouTube Data API and HLS streams are verified by checking for active segments. Refreshes every 2 minutes. Check it out →
New Community page showing photos and videos from the @pacificwatch.app Instagram account. DM us your storm photos, huge surf, or volcanic haze and we’ll feature them for the community. Check it out →
Choose which pages appear in your bottom tab bar. Go to Settings to swap the default Emergency and Weather tabs for any page you use most. Your choice syncs across devices when signed in. Check it out →
Swipe-to-close sidenav with smooth slide animation. Landscape mode now shows a permanent sidebar. New welcome setup for first-time visitors. Weather and surf pages now respect your °F/°C setting for water temperature. Improved layouts for weather stats, tide cards, drought scale, climate charts, and outage island tabs on mobile.
Earthquake epicenters on the tsunami page now always appear on the closest side to Hawaii, instead of showing up on the far side of a wrapped world map. Check it out →
Turn any screen into a live Hawaii weather display. Full-screen scenic camera with real-time clock, temperature, wind, surf, tides, sunrise/sunset, and moon phase overlaid. Cycle through cameras or pick your favorite. Emergency alerts show automatically and cannot be missed. Launch from the Overview page. Check it out →
Your dashboard layout, card order, gauge selection, temperature unit (F/C), font size, and camera lists now sync across all your devices when signed in. Change something on desktop and it appears on your phone. Powered by your Pacific Watch account.
Huge thank you to the Hawai‘i Climate Data Portal (HCDP) at the University of Hawai‘i for granting Pacific Watch access to their climate data API. HCDP provides ultra-high-resolution (250m) climate data for Hawaii, powered by over 100 mesonet stations and 100+ years of historical records. This data powers several new pages and features listed below.
Larger bottom navigation bar with bigger icons and text for easier tapping. Improved scrolling on pages with data tables — tables no longer hijack vertical page scroll on touch devices.
The Mesonet Stations page now has an interactive map showing all station locations across Hawaii. Dots are color-coded by temperature. Click any station to see its current readings. Offline stations appear as grey dots. Check it out →