Surf Captain Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience79.5% of reviews
Neutral0.0% of reviews
Negative experience20.5% of reviews

~ Based on 39 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Surf Captain Safe?

Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Surf Captain is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 1,193 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

97.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,193 App Store ratings for Surf Captain.

Is Surf Captain Legit?

Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Surf Captain is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Excellent. Wish the font was bigger for my old eyes. And links to local surf cams.

Free download.
Good info.
I wish the timeline didn’t move left or right when scrolling down on my phone.
And sometimes it will show a spot like otter rock in the red zone when I know it’s protected by the head land.

Best surf app there is

Hands down the best app, even in the free version you get so much information, it’s clearly presented and easy to understand. I’m considering paying for the app not because I need the longer forecast, but because this app is truly worth it. Thank you for offering such an amazing service!

Good information

I like the simplicity of the site right to the point

Accurate and Easy

It is a very simple and quick . With all the info you need.

Surf captain rules

Best info and I glad they changed the lock out feature !

Best surf forecasting app by a long shot

It’s the main app I’ve used since it launched. Refined the old swellinfo platform and it’s perfect. Especially for east coast USA

Overused your views for the day

They added this recently to try and make you pay. It’s a trash system they are using. Looked at once today at 6am. Flipped to the weather app. Come back and I can’t view it anymore today for 24hours. Lame. Uninstalling.

Amazing!

Been using the app for a few years now and it’s super accurate for surf forecasts in New Jersey

Deleting app

You want me to pay to access the forecast if I use the app a lot???!! Terrible. Guess Ill be using Surfline from now on

Surf captain

Very on point and swells are accurate

Simple and Accurate

I checked this app every time I check the weather and I live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It’s really accurate, super easy to read, and has a magical way of making everything so presentable. The most important thing to me is it’s really pretty good at predicting too.

Money grabbing

Been using this for years, and now all of a sudden gotta pay a subscription for it just like everything else, might as well get surfline

Very disappointing

I was temporarily blocked simply because I used the service too often. The chief captain even admits the block is meant to encourage users to subscribe to Surf Captain Pro. I understand the need for a paid subscription, but restricting loyal users’ access as a sales tactic feels unfair. A better approach would be to offer features that make people want to upgrade, not force them into it. Because of this, I don’t recommend this app.
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Charging to view the forecast

This app was great in the beginning now you have to pay to view the forecast

Captain of the sea

Some much cleaner and easy to navigate than Surfline

Less user friendly than previous versions

Hey surf captain - why did you guys remove the hourly swell/wind toggle when panning over the swell graph? That was a huge selling point of your interface. Considering unsubscribing.

July 2025 Update don’t do it

Made my app unusable. Stay with the old version!

Missing iPad layout

First of all, this is an amazing app and I love it!

Can you please add support for iPad so it’s not just the iPhone app centered in a black screen?

Tried “FREE” trial for Pro Plus, billed me instantly

Like the title says. DONT TRY TO USE FREE TRIAL UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY $40 UP FRONT!!!

I liked the app until now…

The New MSW

Surf Captain is a fantastic and simple app that fills the shoes left by MSW. The team at Surf Captain really knows what they are doing and are more qualified to provide their service - simple and accurate surf forecasting - than any other team out there.

With this app there isn’t any funny business, over-hype, over-calling, weird color scales, or purposeful forecast tampering.

It’s simple call-it-as-it-is surf forecasting at a great price.
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