PELAV

Data Sources and Attribution

Last updated 14 October 2026

PELAV uses data from the providers below. Each screen that shows their data also shows their credit.

Open-Meteo (weather, sea and forecast data)

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (open-meteo.com), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Open-Meteo marine data uses models including those of Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD).

Changes made by PELAV, as shown on each screen:

Derived indicators include the Readiness Score, fishing outlook, best-fishing windows and recommendations, which are PELAV's own calculations, not Open-Meteo's.

Older versions of the App

App versions 1.3.0 and older request Home and Marine current conditions directly from Open-Meteo for the device's location, and show this notice: Processed by PELAV: unit/format conversion and derived indicators.

WorldTides (tide predictions)

Tidal data retrieved from www.worldtides.info. Copyright © 2014-2026 Brainware LLC. Licensed for use of individual spatial coordinates by an end user. NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE ABOUT THE CORRECTNESS OF THIS TIDAL DATA. You may not use this data if anyone or anything could come to harm as a result of using it, including navigation or safety-critical operations. Tidal data is obtained from various sources and is covered in part or whole by various copyrights. For details see: www.worldtides.info/copyright

OpenStreetMap (maps)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

Length-to-Weight calculator

The Length-to-Weight calculator is not available in this version of the App. In App versions 1.3.0 and older, its coefficients are from Harrison, T.D. (2001), "Length-weight relationships of fishes from South African estuaries", Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 17(1), 46–48.

PELAV

The fishing-spot directory, species knowledge base, Readiness Score and recommendations are maintained or calculated by PELAV.