Zanzibar Island Toolkit

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Saved only on this device. Never uploaded.

CHECKPOINT READY

Show it in one tap.

At the airport, the ferry, a police check or the clinic: open the card, tap the document, turn the screen toward the officer.

YOUR DOCUMENTS

One button for everything: passport photo, e-Visa, ZIC certificate, flight e-ticket or boarding pass, health insurance, driving permit. Select them all at once: the app reads each one on this phone and puts it in the right place.

PRIVACY Nothing leaves your phone.

Images are kept in this browser's private storage on this device only. They are never uploaded, synced or shared, and Zanzibar Toolkit's server never sees them. Clearing Safari website data, or removing the app from the Home Screen, deletes them. Keep the originals too.

Recognition runs on this phone too: the first time you add a photo, the app downloads its text reader once (about 4 MB).

ElectricityAuto-detect + community alert

NO RECENT REPORTS

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Jambiani (Zanzibar)

No signal yetReports expire after 4 hours

AUTOMATIC DETECTION

No sensor in this area yet

A phone left on charge reports cuts by itself, even when nobody is around. Put one in your guesthouse, kite school or café.

WHEN CUTS HAPPENRiskiest hours: 18:00–23:00

Zanzibar needs about 165 MW at the evening peak, but the two undersea cables from the mainland deliver about 136 MW. When the load gets too high, automatic protection switches areas off to balance the grid. Charge phones and power banks before sunset.

YOUR AREA

COMMUNITY GRID

Electricity alert.

One tap to report a cut or confirm the power is back in your selected area.

Community reports help other visitors. This is a local-area signal, not an official ZECO grid reading.

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How the status is decided

1. Automatic sensors: phones on charge in the area. If they switch to battery, the cut is shown straight away.

2. Community: three different people agree on a cut or on power back. Reports expire after 3 hours.

3. Planned works are announced by ZECO, the Zanzibar Electricity Corporation.

ZECO official notices ↗ ZECO on Instagram ↗

MoonObservatory

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NIGHT INTELLIGENCE

Alert from the moon.

Find the darkest nights, follow the lunar cycle and plan your time under Zanzibar’s sky.

NEXT 30 NIGHTS

Dark skySpring tide

MOON & TIDES –

Around new and full moon the tide range is biggest: the lowest low tides of the month, best for reef walks and sandbanks.

BEST NIGHTS FOR STARGAZING –

The darkest skies are usually around the new moon, when moonlight is minimal. Weather and cloud cover still matter.

For guaranteed reminders, add the dates to your calendar.

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Stargazing reminders

Keep the darkest nights on your radar. Calendar reminders are available; automatic push delivery is not connected yet.

Calculated lunar phase and rise/set times for Stone Town (±5 min). The Moon influences tides, together with coastline, wind and atmospheric pressure.

WindKite, surf & windsurf

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WIND INTELLIGENCE

Alert from the wind.

Storms, rain and wind for your spot: know when you can ride and which days stay calm.

YOUR SPOT

WEATHER ALERTS · NEXT 24 HOURS

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Thunderstorms, waterspouts, strong gusts and rain, calculated from the forecast model. Official warnings: Tanzania Meteorological Authority ↗

NEXT 24 HOURS · KNOTS

<22 km/h light22–3030–46 kite on46+ strong

NEXT 7 DAYS · KITE DAYS

Strongest wind between 9:00 and 18:00. Kite = 30 km/h or more.

BEST SESSION –

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KITE SIZE RIGHT NOW

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LOCAL WEATHER

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WIND AROUND THE ISLAND · NEXT 24 HOURS

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Safety

Never kite or windsurf in offshore wind: it pushes you out to sea. At low tide the lagoon gets shallow, with coral and seaweed farms close to the surface. Ride with a local kite centre if you don't know the spot, and keep clear of swimmers and the seaweed farmers.

Wind from the Open-Meteo forecast model at 10 m. Gusts can be stronger near rain clouds.

TideAlert from the sea

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LIVE COASTAL DATA

Alert from the sea.

Marine intelligence for your next moment on the coast.

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GOOD RIGHT NOW

REEF & LOW-TIDE PLANNER · NEXT DAYS When will the sea retreat furthest?

Lowest hourly model values for this location. Daylight lows are the ones for reef walks and sandbanks.

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The sea rises and falls about every 6 hours. In Zanzibar there are normally two high and two low tides a day: the pull of the Moon, together with the Sun and the shape of the coast, creates this rhythm. Times and range change every day.

Sea current – · Swell –. This is a modelled sea-level anomaly from the Open-Meteo marine forecast, not water depth over the reef; reef exposure depends on local reef elevation.