Some fun water game apps!

With summer well and truly here you’re likely to find most South Africans  outside braaing, sun tanning and swimming. But what if you can’t swim? Or if being in the sun has left you red and lobsterlike…Or what if it’s raining – that means you Cape Tonians - but you’re dying to get back into that water? Well, we have the perfect solution.

Smartphones are nothing without apps… Education apps, work apps, cooking apps and perhaps the most successful of all, game apps! In particular, due to our location today, I thought I'd touch on some water based ones.

There’s no better feeling than being all by yourself… and owning the ocean as you surf, jetski, swim or drive boats. Drown out all the ambient noise and focus on beating that time. In this case however, we’re setting our sights on pelicans, people & other fish, in the cute but angry app called, Hungry Shark!

So, sharky here will have you addicted from the first level as you hungrily gobble up seagulls, other fish and my favourite, people all in order to gain coins to upgrade your shark to the ultimate, The Great White! It's a pleasant way to just pass the time cruising the ocean but be warned, you better not get stung by jellyfish, blown up by mines or get eaten by things bigger than you or it's down to Davey Jone's you go... the best part...it's free!

Next up is a Fish out of water! As the title suggests, you’re out of the water a lot.

This is the aim of the game as you have to fling your little fish across the ocean across the waves in various missions that’ll have you seeing how far you can go, how fast you can go & how many skips you do. In-app purchase upgrades are available so that you can slowly build up your fish’s momentum enough to skip across the entire ocean! Well, not really, but you get what I’m saying. It’s also only available on iOS and also R10  It’s easy to master but is left a little high and dry because there’s not much to the game and the in-app purchases are way too expensive but it does look nice though…

And finally, my favourite...

Made famous by that silly American show where you see people wipe out in the funniest of ways, if you’re a fan or not, this app will have you dodging sponges, swinging on poles and of course trying to make your way across the big balls! You get wipeout style points, unique characters and a barrage of various challenges that’ll have you slo-moing your wipeout and saving a snap shot to send to your mates! It’s $1.99 in the app store but so far, I’m loving the game and in my opinion, it’s worth it! Besides, when you do the conversion, it’s only like R20!

So with an absolute wave of apps to keep your head above the swell, wait… another few water puns coming up… you’ll be delighted to know that even if it’s raining outside… you can still have a whale of a time…