Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle

Throw a bottle anywhere at sea and follow it on real ocean currents and winds from 1981–2020.

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Famous years
Example voyage. Tap the sea to throw your own bottle.
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Voyage log

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    Challenges

    Recreate history

    Real spills

    Ships have lost cargo in storms, and beachcombers later found it washed ashore far away. Throw from the real spill site, on the real day, in that year's ocean, and see if your bottle lands where the real objects did.

    Logbook

    0 shores

    Every coast your bottles wash up on is collected here, and marked on the map.