# NextWave — Your Pumpfoiling Companion

> Your Pumpfoiling Companion (iPhone/iPad app by Patrick Federi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nextwave/id6739363035 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Patrick Federi](https://appshunter.io/developer/1782279215)
- Category: Sports, Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.5 · 24 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2025-09-09
- Data updated: 2026-07-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nextwave/id6739363035/reviews.md

## What is NextWave?

Next Wave is your essential companion for wake foiling on Swiss lakes. Get real-time boat schedules, smart notifications, and weather data to catch every perfect wave — now with badges, a leaderboard, and verified rides from your Foilmotion sessions, plus full Apple Watch support for instant access on your wrist.

MAIN FEATURES:
- Real-time schedule data for all boats across 17 Swiss lakes
- Wave Check-in: see who's riding each wave and let others know you're coming
- Badges & achievements for milestones, stations, lakes, streaks, and seasons
- Leaderboard: see how your total waves rank, overall and per station
- Verified rides with Foilmotion: import a session to earn verified badges
- Apple Watch app
- iPhone Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets
- Watch complications for instant departure times on your watch face
- Intelligent analysis of the best surfing time slots
- Visualization of times of day including twilight phases
- Smart notifications 3-15 minutes before the wave
- Clearly arranged spots on all Swiss lakes
- Choice of different notification sounds
- Weather data display for each spot
- Manual cache refresh for ship deployment data
- Albis-Class Filter for the best waves on Zürichsee

COMMUNITY & ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Check in to a wave to see who else is going — by name or anonymously
- Collect badges as you ride: milestones, stations and lakes explored, streaks, seasons, and special moments
- Track earned and locked badges with progress on the "My Badges" screen
- Climb the leaderboard, overall and per station
- Fully optional — turn check-in off any time in Settings

VERIFIED RIDES WITH FOILMOTION:
- Record a session in Foilmotion and share the GPX file to Next Wave
- Next Wave matches your track against the Swiss boat timetable and credits the waves you actually rode behind a Kursschiff
- Earn verified badges for longest ride, top speed, total distance, and number of sessions
- A clean way to prove and celebrate your real wake-thieving rides

APPLE WATCH EXPERIENCE:
- Glance at your watch face to see next departures instantly
- Automatic nearest station detection based on your location
- Synchronized with your iPhone favorites
- Perfect for quick checks while at the water

PERFECT PLANNING:
- Automatically analyzes the best surf sessions
- Takes into account the time of day, wave frequency, and weather conditions
- Shows sunrise and sunset times
- Visualizes twilight phases for better planning
- Access all information from your wrist without pulling out your phone
- Filter for Albis-Class ships with a simple device flip gesture (Zürichsee)

EASY TO USE:
- Intuitive design across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
- Quick spot selection with nearest station detection
- Simple activation of notifications
- Dark mode support on all devices
- Seamless synchronization between all your devices
- Manual troubleshooting options in settings

SAFETY AND RESPECT:
- Integrated safety instructions
- Respectful interaction with other water sports enthusiasts
- Focus on safe surf spots
- Real-time updates to keep you informed
- Plan your next session smart and never miss a perfect wave again — whether you are checking your iPhone or glancing at your Apple Watch!


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.1 — 2026-06-29

Greifensee
Added the boats on Greifensee with 5 stations — Maur, Fällanden, Greifensee, Uster, and Mönchaltorf. Pick them in the list or on the map.

More accurate verified distances
Verified rides now measure distance from speed over time instead of raw GPS points, removing the small overshoot from GPS scatter — your numbers now line up with Foilmotion.

Verified rides count everywhere
A verified Foilmotion session now counts as a wave on the leaderboard (overall and at its station), in "My Stations", and toward your station and lake badges — plus new verified badges for riding at 3, 5, and 10 stations.

Cleaner leaderboard
Riders without a name now show as "Anonymous", so ranks always match the list.

Catch you on the water!

### 3.8.0 — 2026-06-17

Wave Check-in is here!

See who's riding each wave — and let the crew know you're coming.

• Tap the check-in badge on any upcoming wave to join (or leave again)
• See how many foilers plan to ride that departure
• Open it to see who's going by name — or join anonymously
• Set your display name once in Settings; change it any time
• Updates live across devices, so the lineup stays current
• Fully optional and can be turned off in Settings

Also fixed: switching to the next day now always shows the correct departures.

### 3.7.0 — 2026-03-29

Improvements
- Ship Display: 
  - 5 + days instead of 3 for showing Ship names on Lake Zurich
  - Ship name chip is no longer shown when no data is available
  - No more "No data" chip for unknown ships
  - Cleaner UI without empty placeholders

- New Ship Fetching: Revised scraping concept for ship data
  - Showing Ship Names without long loading times
  - Server Update: Ships API migrated to new Coolify server
  - Fetch Optimization: Improved fetch times for ship data

### 3.6.4 — 2026-03-05

Weatherdata Bug fixed

### 3.6.3 — 2026-03-04

Version 3.6.3 (March 4, 2026)

Fixed
- Weather Data Loading: Fixed an issue where weather data wouldn't reload properly
  - Weather information now updates correctly when switching between stations
  - Ensures you always see the latest weather conditions
  - Improved reliability of weather data display

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