Utilities
Orange Beach Companion
Check beach flags, rip-current risk, surf, tides, safety alerts, and live cameras for Orange Beach.
Free
Available on iPhone
- iPhone
Prices can vary by region. The App Store shows the current price.
About Orange Beach Companion
Beach Flags, Tides & Cams
Make more of your Orange Beach stay with a beach guide and trip planner built for Orange Beach, Alabama.
Before you head out
See beach flag information, weather, wind, marine conditions, tides, sunrise and sunset with source details and clear unavailable or cached states. Explore the week ahead, tide timing and daylight alongside your plans. Always check current posted flags and follow lifeguards and local authorities.
Find your next stop
Browse a curated starting guide to beach access, parks and local places. Filter for family outings or rainy-day ideas, view map pins, open official websites and get directions in Apple Maps. Save places you want to revisit. An optional stay pin supports approximate distances without requesting your device location.
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Keep your trip together
Set arrival and departure dates, add your stay, save favorites and organize an itinerary with notes. A day-by-day planner brings together your plans and available forecasts. Keep a beach-bag checklist and use a sunscreen timer. Optional local reminders cover saved plans, trip briefings and sunset; notification delivery depends on your device settings.
Open a beach view
Browse beach camera sources and open the provider’s page. Camera availability depends on the provider; a still preview is labeled as a still, and embedded playback appears only where configured and authorized.
Made for your iPhone
A coastal interface with light and dark appearances, larger-text layouts and adaptive cards for changing window widths, including iPhone Duo. Portrait and landscape layouts keep the guide readable.
No account, ads or subscription. Trip plans, saved places, checklists and timer preferences stay on your device. Internet access is required for current conditions and provider pages. Provider websites may have their own privacy practices. Current events and visitor notices appear only when published content is available; no live crowd or parking count is offered.
Orange Beach Companion is informational only. Data can be delayed, incomplete or unavailable. It is not an emergency service or a guarantee of safe swimming, boating or weather conditions. Follow official beach flags, lifeguards, posted signs and local emergency instructions.
Highlights
What Orange Beach Companion does best.
- 01
Current beach flags and rip-current risk
- 02
Surf, wind, water temperature, tides, and daylight
- 03
Safety alerts and live beach cameras
How it works
Step by step.
- Open the dashboard before heading out.
- Review available conditions and their source labels.
- Confirm conditions with official flags, lifeguards, posted signs, and local instructions.
Privacy at a glance
What happens to your data.
Orange Beach Companion presents fixed-location public beach information without requiring an account or the device’s location.
What’s new Version 1.1
A refreshed Orange Beach companion, ready for iPhone Duo.
- Flexible cards and a comfortable reading width adapt as your window changes.
- Portrait and landscape support for your beach information and plans.
- Explore local places, save favorites, and organize your stay in My Trip.
- Keep a beach-bag checklist and choose optional local trip reminders.
- Clear source information and honest unavailable or cached states.
FAQ
Common questions
Why is weather, tide, sun, or marine information stale or unavailable?
The app depends on public providers and network access. Providers can delay, revise, rate-limit, move, or stop a feed. Refresh, check your connection, and compare important conditions with the official source. Cached information may be shown during a temporary outage.
Why will a webcam or linked video not play?
Webcams and videos are operated by outside providers and can be offline, geographically restricted, changed, or incompatible. Try again later. Provider pages may keep their own cookies or website storage inside the app’s web view.
Can I rely on the app alone for swimming, boating, surf, or storm decisions?
No. It is informational only. Conditions can change quickly and data can be delayed or wrong. Follow beach flags, lifeguards, local authorities, National Weather Service alerts, marine advisories, and emergency instructions.
Who handles App Store billing or refund requests?
Apple processes App Store purchases and eligible refund requests and does not provide Orange Beach Companion with your full payment-card details. Use Apple’s Report a Problem service or Apple Support for a billing or refund request. Contact Orange Beach Companion support for an app-function problem.
How do I check or clear stale condition data?
Pull to refresh, then inspect the displayed source, timestamp, freshness badge, and any provider error. In Settings > Data Debug, choose Clear cached conditions. Reset source order separately if priorities are wrong. A failed refresh can reuse cached values without a hard expiry, so cached information may be older than the label suggests. Verify critical conditions with official alerts and on-site authorities.
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