# Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts — user reviews > 33 indexed App Store user reviews of Surf Captain by Weather Captain, rated 4.60/5 from 129 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surf-captain-surf-forecasts/id1566602258/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surf-captain-surf-forecasts/id1566602258.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 112 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 7 ## Is Surf Captain safe? Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts appears safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Surf Captain is 89 out of 100. This assessment is based on 129 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6 out of 5. Of 129 App Store ratings, 89.9% point to a safe experience, 2.3% suggest some concerns, and 7.8% point to a risky experience. ## Is Surf Captain legit? Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Surf Captain is 88 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Newest reviews (12 of 33) ### 5/5 — Forecasting Made Easy *2024-05-22, version 1.1.32* I use surf apps to assist in forecasting conditions prior to diving. I really liked MSW before it became Surfline, which I don’t find as user friendly. I’ve also been using Swell Info, but it was bought out and doesn’t work half the time anymore. On the lookout for other apps, I found Surf Captain. I see this app as a combo between the old MSW and current Swell Info, a wish come true. Thank you Surf Captain! ### 5/5 — Hands down best for east coast U.S. *2024-03-24, version 1.1.28* After years of being disappointed by magic seaweed and then forced to the awful Surfline. Somehow I stumbled upon Surf Captain and never looked back. The other companies seem to care less about the East coast but it seems Surf Capt. had it dialed in. Completely reliable, incredibly easy to use and my hands down favorite surf app. I never second guess it, I don’t look elsewhere to confirm. I plan my weekly surfing based off this app 100% of the time. Love it!!!! ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-02-04, version 1.1.20* Simple and easy ### 5/5 — Better than Surfline *2023-10-11, version 1.0.34* Better than swell info Didn’t sell out like MSW ### 5/5 — Accurate, Reliable, simple. *2023-07-19* Surf Captain has it down pat. Very easy to read. All the information you need. And no fuss. Run by great people too!! Cancelled all my other subscription and got this instead! ### 5/5 — Better than the rest *2023-07-08* So I have been a MSW fan for years , once Surfline took over , back to garbage it went. With SL Forecast is always showing wrong as far as wave rideability , albeit this is great for the lineup of non locals who don’t know how to read the forecasts otherwise but still frustrating . Found this gem through Reddit. Super accurate and easy to use . Gladly be a customer for years to come . Keep it up! ### 5/5 — Awesume app *2023-06-17, version 1.1.8* This app is sooooooo goooood. Forcast is always right. ### 5/5 — Best and most accurate! *2023-06-16, version 1.1.8* I find this app to be extremely useful. When that app that shall not me named tells me lies the captain gives me the accurate info I need. ### 5/5 — Update *2023-05-11, version 1.1.3* So I rashly gave the app a bad review after an update terminated my account, but the customer service restoring my account was exemplary and the app is working like before. I don’t know how to delete my old review, so hopefully this updated one cancels it out. ### 5/5 — Very accurate and easy to read surf forecast *2022-08-24, version 1.0.27* Great forecast for waves 🌊 ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-08-11, version 1.0.27* Love this app! Works great and accurate ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2021-08-03, version 1.0.7* Surf caption is intuitive, easy to read, and incredibly helpful for surf forecasts as a surfer and surf instructor. Educational and on point. It’s My favorite surf forecast app by far! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Deleting app *2026-08-22, version 1.4.8* 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 ### 1/5 — Money grabbing *2026-07-29, version 1.4.3* 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 ### 1/5 — Very disappointing *2026-07-24, version 1.4.3* 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. ### 1/5 — Charging to view the forecast *2026-07-20* This app was great in the beginning now you have to pay to view the forecast ### 1/5 — July 2025 Update don’t do it *2025-07-27, version 1.2.20* Made my app unusable. Stay with the old version! ### 1/5 — Tried “FREE” trial for Pro Plus, billed me instantly *2025-03-27, version 1.2.12* 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… ### 2/5 — Overused your views for the day *2026-09-20, version 1.4.11* 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. ### 2/5 — Less user friendly than previous versions *2026-05-11, version 1.3.3* 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. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2026-08-27, version 1.4.9* Been using the app for a few years now and it’s super accurate for surf forecasts in New Jersey ### 5/5 — Surf captain *2026-08-04, version 1.4.4* Very on point and swells are accurate ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Simple and Accurate *2026-08-04, version 1.4.4* 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. ### 5/5 — Captain of the sea *2026-06-27, version 1.3.9* Some much cleaner and easy to navigate than Surfline ### 5/5 — Missing iPad layout *2025-04-02, version 1.2.12* 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? ### 5/5 — The New MSW *2025-01-16, version 1.2.12* 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. ### 5/5 — I use this app everyday ! *2024-06-19, version 1.2.6* Simple and to the point! I grew up calling surf shops for recorded surf reports. Kids these days don’t realize how spoiled they are with forecasting like this! ### 5/5 — Accurate, great UI, worth it *2024-06-10, version 1.1.32* Reliable forecasts and visually effective, responsive developers. Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Historical forecast data *2024-06-10, version 1.1.32* Love the app. Would you guys be able to add historical forecast data? Would be nice for my notes to see what the condition reports were on past days I surfed. ### 5/5 — Absolutely Dialed *2024-06-07, version 1.1.32* RIP Magic Seaweed Long live Surf Captain --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-16.*