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EMBEDDABLE WIDGETS · NO API KEY · NO COMMISSION

Drop these on your sailing-school site.

Every TideLab simulator runs as a self-contained iframe with minimal chrome and a small “Made by TideLab” backlink. Free for non-commercial use; mail us for paid programmes.

HOW TO USE
01
Pick a widget
Each has a live preview and a copy-paste iframe snippet.
02
Paste the snippet
Drop it into your blog, course page, or HTML template.
03
Use any height
Defaults work; tweak height and width to taste.
04
Keep the footer
The “Made by TideLab” line is how we know who's using it.
NAVIGATION LIGHTS

Navigation lights

/embed/lights/<slug>

Rotational silhouette of 18+ vessel types. Drag to rotate the observer through 360° and watch how the port / starboard / masthead / stern arcs change with bearing.

Power-driven, <50 m

H 480
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/lights/power-driven" width="100%" height="480" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Sailing

H 480
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/lights/sailing" width="100%" height="480" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Not under command

H 480
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/lights/nuc" width="100%" height="480" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Anchored

H 480
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/lights/anchored" width="100%" height="480" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Trawling

H 480
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/lights/trawling" width="100%" height="480" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>
DAY SHAPES

Day shapes

/embed/shapes/<slug>

Interactive day-shape silhouettes with a rotation slider — diamond / cone / cylinder profiles change with viewing angle. 10 vessel configurations.

Not under command

H 540
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/shapes/nuc" width="100%" height="540" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Restricted in manoeuvre

H 540
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/shapes/ram" width="100%" height="540" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Towing > 200 m

H 540
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/shapes/towing" width="100%" height="540" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Aground

H 540
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/shapes/aground" width="100%" height="540" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>
SOUND SIGNALS

Sound signals

/embed/signal/<id>

Click play to hear ColRegs sound signals — fog, manoeuvring, anchored, aground. Web-Audio synthesis, no audio files, no licensing.

Power-driven making way

H 140
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/signal/power-driven-making-way" width="100%" height="140" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Vessel at anchor

H 140
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/signal/anchored" width="100%" height="140" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Vessel aground

H 140
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/signal/aground" width="100%" height="140" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Altering to starboard

H 140
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/signal/alter-starboard" width="100%" height="140" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>
RADAR

Radar simulator

/embed/radar/<scenario>

Animated radar scope with real-time CPA / TCPA per target. Five collision-avoidance scenarios; click the scope to drop EBL + VRM.

Head-on (Rule 14)

H 540
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/radar/head-on" width="100%" height="540" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Crossing — give-way

H 540
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/radar/crossing-give-way" width="100%" height="540" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Close CPA (3 targets)

H 540
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/radar/close-cpa" width="100%" height="540" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>
RULE OF TWELFTHS

Tides

/embed/tide

A live Rule-of-Twelfths calculator — set HW and LW heights, drag the hours after high water, and read the height of tide off the falling curve.

Rule-of-Twelfths calculator

H 420
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/tide" width="100%" height="420" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>
WHICH KNOT WHEN

Knots

/embed/knot

Pick the job — a loop, a hitch, a bend, a stopper — and the picker shows the right knot with its diagram and tying steps.

Which-knot picker

H 360
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<iframe src="https://tidelab.io/embed/knot" width="100%" height="360" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"></iframe>
CONSTRUCT YOUR OWN URL

Want a widget that isn't listed?

We have ~30 vessel light configurations, 10 day-shape vessel types, 12 named sound signals, and 5 radar scenarios. Build the URL.

/embed/lights/<vessel>e.g. /embed/lights/pilot
/embed/shapes/<vessel>e.g. /embed/shapes/fishing
/embed/signal/<id>e.g. /embed/signal/pilot
/embed/radar/<scenario>e.g. /embed/radar/overtaking
/embed/tidee.g. /embed/tide
/embed/knote.g. /embed/knot
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