From fc5476b5ddef842fea9cc53262bc6e98024f8bb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 03:58:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation for global tide prediction support

Co-authored-by: SpudGunMan <12676665+SpudGunMan@users.noreply.github.com>
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 README.md         | 2 +-
 modules/README.md | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 667798a..8f67df6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Mesh Bot is a feature-rich Python bot designed to enhance your [Meshtastic](http
 - **New Node Greetings**: Automatically greet new nodes via text.
 
 ### Interactive AI and Data Lookup
-- **Weather, Earthquake, River, and Tide Data**: Get local alerts and info from NOAA/USGS; uses Open-Meteo for areas outside NOAA coverage.
+- **Weather, Earthquake, River, and Tide Data**: Get local alerts and info from NOAA/USGS; uses Open-Meteo for areas outside NOAA coverage. Global tide predictions available via tidepredict library for worldwide locations.
 - **Wikipedia Search**: Retrieve summaries from Wikipedia.
 - **OpenWebUI, Ollama LLM Integration**: Query the [Ollama](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/tree/main/docs) AI for advanced responses. Supports RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) with Wikipedia/Kiwix context and [OpenWebUI](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui) integration for enhanced AI capabilities. [LLM Readme](modules/llm.md)
 - **Satellite Passes**: Find upcoming satellite passes for your location.
diff --git a/modules/README.md b/modules/README.md
index 1b1ae22..72b0212 100644
--- a/modules/README.md
+++ b/modules/README.md
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ The system uses SQLite with four tables:
 | `wxa`        | NOAA alerts                                   |
 | `wxalert`    | NOAA alerts (expanded)                        |
 | `mwx`        | NOAA Coastal Marine Forecast                  |
-| `tide`       | NOAA tide info                                |
+| `tide`       | Tide info (NOAA/tidepredict for global)       |
 | `riverflow`  | NOAA river flow info                          |
 | `earthquake` | USGS earthquake info                          |
 | `valert`     | USGS volcano alerts                           |
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ The system uses SQLite with four tables:
 
 Configure in `[location]` section of `config.ini`.
 
+**Note**: For global tide predictions outside the US, enable `useTidePredict = True` in `config.ini`. See [xtide.md](xtide.md) for setup details.
+
 Certainly! Here’s a README help section for your `mapHandler` command, suitable for users of your meshbot:
 
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