Want to stay cool and active this summer? Head to the water and make this the most epic season yet! Whether you’re riding waves, gliding above them, navigating the coastline or patiently waiting for a fish to bite, you’ll find all the tools you need right here on the App Store.

If you like gliding across the waves at high speed, FoilMotion is the app for you. It uses multiple sensors on your Apple Watch to capture every manoeuvre in detail, no matter how impressive it is! It then builds a session map that records sharp turns, jibes and pumps with a precision that raw GPS simply can’t match.

The app works with all sorts of disciplines, including wing foil, kite foil and pump foil, using individually fine-tuned algorithms for each, built on hundreds of real-life sessions. With the Spot Map, you can see every place you’ve ever ridden and discover new areas recommended by the community.

Grab your board and head into the ocean with Dawn Patrol – the app that turns Apple Watch into your best-ever surf buddy. It tracks everything from your wave count to your top speed and calories burned, and allows you to view Surfline forecasts via your wrist before heading into the water.

After your session, a detailed map lets you relive every wave you caught and every attempt you made, with in-depth analytics on your speed development and paddling efficiency. The more sessions you log, the smarter Dawn Patrol gets, helping you to understand how tides affect your wave count or how you perform with different boards.

Open-water swimming is one of summer’s great pleasures. Transitioning to the sea after perfecting your technique in a pool during winter is exciting – and challenging, too. Having no lanes or walls and dealing with currents requires some preparation. MySwimPro brings elite-level coaching, with personalised training plans and guided workouts for both pools and open water.

You’ll find a wealth of dry-land strength and mobility workouts to keep you swim-ready, even on rest days. And the Apple Watch integration makes it easy to track every session from your wrist.

Some of the most breathtaking beaches have one thing in common: they are only accessible from the water. These hidden coves make exploring by boat or board feel extraordinary, and Navionics Boating can help you get to them.

Open the app and explore the coastline around your departure point. Navionics’ state-of-the-art nautical charts give you all the information you need to evaluate these spots responsibly, whether you’re sailing, motorboating, kayaking or paddleboarding. You can check the tides, currents and weather forecasts, and download port plans, safety depth contours and navigation aids so you’re covered if you lose signal.

For anglers, the day starts before everybody else. A flask of coffee, a comfortable chair and the whisper of the waves. Pure tranquility and relaxation. With Fishbrain, you can join millions of fellow fishing enthusiasts, from first-timers to seasoned pros.

The collective knowledge, together with the app’s AI-powered BiteGuide, helps to ensure you’re in the right place at the right time. Reading the current weather and water conditions can tell you which type and colour of bait to use, and how, for the species you’re targeting. The Fish ID tool can also identify hundreds of species from a single photo.

Being on the water is exciting. Getting caught in changing weather conditions… not so much. Before you head out, check Windy for comprehensive weather forecasts, so you can plan accordingly.

Windy doesn’t rely on a single weather model. Instead, the app displays data from the world’s leading forecast systems and combines them with live radar, satellite imagery and data from tens of thousands of weather stations worldwide, producing animated visuals of wind, waves, swell, currents, sea temperature, tidal forecasts and UV index with granular detail.