by Edge Coastal Instruments
A calm coastal instrument.
A quiet pane of glass in a hand-built hardwood frame, showing what the coast is doing right now: weather, tides, sky, surf and the next ferry. Hand-built in New England.No AI. Just quiet functionality.
What it does
- Coastal weather & marine conditions
- Tides, sun & moon, computed on-device
- The overhead sky, mapped
- Surf, swell & water temperature
- A ships radar for passing vessels
- The ferry departure board
- Air quality & aurora watch
- Updates over the air
- Solid hardwood frame in oak, driftwood or cherry, no two alike
- Machined brushed-aluminum stand, not molded plastic
- Hand-built one at a time, by a single craftsperson
- Full source code, yours to inspect and modify
- Outdoor & indoor sensor modules
- Birdsong identification
- More coastlines, alpine & ski editions
- Built-in cellular & long-range local mesh
- A small remote companion node
Prototypes are on the water.A small run of hand-built units is being tested on and around Block Island through the season. Full details, editions and pricing will be released in late 2026 to early 2027.