# Swell Info — user reviews > 87 indexed App Store user reviews of Swell Info by Outdoor Hub LLC, rated 1.70/5 from 183 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swell-info/id327041514/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swell-info/id327041514.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 138 ## What do users think of Swell Info? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 📊 Accurate swell forecasts (when working) - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy navigation - 🎯 Quick snapshot view for multiple surf spots - 📈 Detailed 7-day forecast with 3-hour increments - 🌊 More accurate than competitors like Surfline and Magic Seaweed - ⏰ Reliable tide information updates **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes on startup or when selecting regions - ❌ Data not updating for extended periods (months) - 📅 Calendar stuck on incorrect day (Thursday) - 🌊 Inaccurate swell height forecasts - 🔄 Sync issues with current conditions - 💰 Paid app ($2.99-$5.99) with non-functional features - 🗺️ Limited geographic coverage (no Australia, Canada, Kauai) - 📱 Incompatible with newer devices (iPhone X) - ⚠️ No customer support or developer communication - 🏚️ Appears abandoned by developers **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes upon opening - Forecast data fails to update - Calendar displays incorrect day of week - Swell height predictions wildly inaccurate - Wind speed shows zero for extended periods - Tide information becomes inaccurate - App freezes and won't refresh - Data sync failures across multiple locations - Stuck displaying same forecast repeatedly - Incompatibility with iPhone X and newer devices **Most requested features** - Add Canadian surf spots - Include Kauai Hawaiian location - Integrate swell maps from website into app - Expand international coverage beyond USA - Add dark mode option - Improve wind speed display ## Newest reviews (15 of 87) ### 2/5 — Fatal error with app *2026-02-15, version 1.6* App is closing when I pick a region. When I try to re-open the app it immediately closes. This bug needs to be fixed. ### 1/5 — Not workin *2019-11-17, version 1.6* This app no longer provides surf forecasts or real time data. Yesterday was 8’ here, app said “flat”. Been this way for months. Do not buy it. ### 1/5 — Data is far to be accurate. *2019-11-10, version 1.6* This app used to work good , but the last several months , they stopped updating the data. Now it’s just worthless, waste of time and money. Junk. ### 1/5 — Not accurate and doesn’t show forecast *2019-11-09, version 1.6* Had free version for years and was great. Bout 6 months to a year ago it went dead. Bought this app version for $2.99 and it shows just the days report (says 1-2 but it’s actually 6-7) and the rest of the week says ‘none’ all throughout. Which is also not tru. Do not purchase. Something is not right ### 1/5 — Stopped updating a good app *2019-11-06, version 1.6* Letting it die. ### 1/5 — Don’t Buy! *2019-10-01, version 1.6* Report hasn’t updated in months. ### 1/5 — Gone *2019-09-22, version 1.6* Surfline bought out SwellInfo just recently and shut the app down. So guess were screwed Maybe they will get their act together and offer another tapp ### 1/5 — App doesn’t show correct data. *2019-09-18, version 1.6* Don’t use this app. Totally stopped working in the past couple months. Same problem reported in other reviews. The developers just gave up. ### 1/5 — Completely broken, probly sold to Surfline *2019-09-17, version 1.6* App no longer works. no updates. No explanation. No reply from developer. Cannot recommend. Used to be great. But is 100% dead. Most likely sold out to Surfline so Surfline can capture the monthly subscription revenue. Or maybe it was a long term ploy all along... ### 1/5 — Does not work *2019-09-14, version 1.6* Sitting in my house watching the waves breaking 6-8ft during a tropical storm and report says flat for the last 2 months. Don’t waste your money. ### 1/5 — App has crashed? *2019-09-08, version 1.6* What is going on with app? It was a go to app for years & now is not active. ☹️ ### 1/5 — Out of sync *2019-09-06, version 1.6* Bought this app a year or two ago. It was ok when I bought it now it won’t even change the days just always says that it’s Thursday and 3 feet . ### 1/5 — 🗣 *2019-09-06, version 1.6* Desde hace muchos años usé esta aplicación para cualquier deporte que fuera a practicar en el océano. Esta aplicación pronosticaba condiciones bastante precisas pero ya hace unos meses ha dejado de funcionar. What is happening? ### 1/5 — What happened? *2019-09-03, version 1.6* This was a great app but something has happened. We have 3 to 4 foot surf today and it’s showing ankle high or less. Has been doing this for a couple months. What’s up? It’s not updating correctly either. ### 1/5 — Are they going to fix the app? *2019-09-02, version 1.6* It was a great app and then maybe a few months ago it just stopped syncing up? Kind of annoyed that it doesn’t work anymore. If they aren’t going to fix it then they should just remove it from the App Store. Just sayin. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No updates, old data *2024-09-26, version 1.6* This app no longer seems to update. It used to show today as the top data and the following 5-7 days underneath. It now shows Thursday at the top no matter what day you check it and the data for the days displayed is inaccurate. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2024-06-11, version 1.6* This is actually the worst app I have used. The location-based data is all wrong and the layout is completely dysfunctional. I want my $2.99 back. ### 1/5 — Used to work *2024-05-23, version 1.6* This used to be a nice Tim to use for forecasting site diving conditions. Note never the web version or the paid app version works. It been brides for months now and wish they would fix it. ### 1/5 — No updates, old data *2024-05-13* This app no longer seems to update. It used to show today as the top data and the following 5-7 days underneath. It now shows Thursday at the top no matter what day you check it and the data for the days displayed is inaccurate. ### 1/5 — Bogus!! *2024-05-02, version 1.6* It’s saying 3-4ft+ for my location and it’s literally flat. 5-7ft tomorrow and it’s FLAT ### 1/5 — App hasn’t updated for a month. *2024-01-16, version 1.6* Moving on. The tides are still automatically updating but no forecasts. Sorry folks. Was a good app and I always recommended it. No more. ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work *2023-12-30, version 1.6* Don’t waste your money , app no longer updates. ### 1/5 — Not working *2020-02-16, version 1.6* It shows swells coming, but always flat today every where, app is useless now ### 1/5 — Not worth it anymore *2020-01-03, version 1.6* Used to be my go to but now they don’t really keep up with it. 👎🏾 ### 1/5 — Anyone Home? *2019-11-23, version 1.6* Used to be a great App, now it’s no longer updated and appears everyone just left it to die... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — RIP *2024-10-27, version 1.6* RIP in peace, here’s to the memories of a once great app And yes, I do see the need to be redundant. Bite me. ### 5/5 — It is back *2023-05-01, version 1.6* Just to update from all of the negative reviews. It seems they’ve fixed their issues with the data and the app gives accurate forecasts again. Glad to see since Corporate greed has ruined Surfline, and that same corporate greed has driven Surfline to buy out and kill off magic seaweed. SwellInfo always have more accurate forecasts to my local spot than either of the than Surfline and MSW, so glad to have this option back in action. (It’s been fixed for a year or so.) ### 5/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2019-08-22, version 1.6* Such a bummer! I used this app for years and really appreciated it. Looks like I am not alone in experiencing that it won’t update anymore. Mine’s been stuck on the same forecast for a couple months. I keep trying to delete and re-load it. Still stuck. I really hope they keep this app going. It was nice. I’ll give it 5 stars for the app it used to be ### 5/5 — Nothing working *2019-07-08* For the past few weeks the app hasn’t been showing results for the afternoon. No wind now and it’s the same forecast the past three days. Please fix your app!! ### 5/5 — Great App *2009-08-26, version 0* I love this app. All the info you need in one place. I like how you can drill down on the 7 day forecast to get the detailed info. Nice ### 4/5 — It’s back!? *2019-11-27, version 1.6* I just checked the app on a whim. Appears to be updating again. I’m in Hawaii. Don’t know about other locations. I’m glad to see it come back to life. ### 4/5 — Crushing it *2018-11-10* Usually the south is very accurate and helpful for surfers. Lately it has been crashing hopefully the developers will solve. Surfers don’t give up use the web site on safari ### 3/5 — This app died *2019-10-15, version 1.6* I’ve used this app for a few years and found it very useful and relatively accurate until around July of this year, 2019. Then it just stopped working all together. No idea what happened. Tried to reinstall several times, to no avail. Please fix this app!!!!! ### 3/5 — App acting up *2019-09-01, version 1.6* App has been acting up and not syncing correctly. Please fix it. This app has been awesome for so long and now it’s not working. ### 3/5 — June 2019 *2019-06-21, version 1.6* Something is wrong with App. Every spot I have is firing. Offshore winds and green when it’s not correct. I wish it were true. Anyone having same issue? --- *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 2026-09-07.*