# SwellMap Surf — user reviews

> 17 indexed App Store user reviews of SwellMap Surf by Wesley Warner, rated 3.90/5 from 8 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swellmap-surf/id965423812/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swellmap-surf/id965423812.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Ruined

*2024-09-04, version 8.1.0*

Woke up to check surf forecast and is again totally inaccessible through uncloseable ads trying to get me to download malware. 
I don’t mind a few ads on free sites but this app is completely overrun and unchecked.

### 1/5 — What’s happening?!?!?!!

*2024-03-22, version 8.1.0*

Not sure what’s going on but literally every time I go onto it all I get is ‘retrieving data’ and the circle of doom that doesn’t go away, ever, so I just end up closing it

### 1/5 — Not happy

*2021-01-26, version 5.1.1*

Adds that don’t let you back in after you watch it , poor

### 1/5 — Aggressive advertising

*2017-08-19, version 2.0.4*

Every time i click on two different surf breaks I am met with a full screen advert for some unrelated garbage that I can't exit straight away, sort it out and i will use the app

### 2/5 — Good App but….

*2025-10-01, version 9.0.0*

Good app but the adds are so annoying I no longer use it very much.

### 2/5 — Not a fan of update

*2020-01-10, version 4.0.2*

Used to able to glance at app and get all the info you need in a few seconds to see if the surf was good at a spot for the day. New layout focussing on 5 day forecast makes this much harder and nowhere near as intuitive.

### 2/5 — Great app, unfortunately errors are present.

*2018-05-06, version 2.0.4*

Good information and useful app, I am unable to sign in via Facebook or Google. Every time I click on one of these options nothing happens. Would be a great app if they fixed this problem.

### 3/5 — UI

*2020-03-23, version 5.1.0*

Great app but harder to navigate to favs now since revision.

### 3/5 — Too many ads

*2018-11-16*

The app would be great if there weren’t ads every time you check the report for a new location. I want to go surfing, not play some stupid casino game!

### 4/5 — Review

*2023-01-05, version 7.0.1*

Amazing app but takes a while to learn how to read the forecast

## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great Effort from the team

*2023-01-13, version 7.0.1*

Feel lucky to be endure such a quality application to guide my way to the tube, day in day out.

### 5/5 — Tomba

*2021-05-21, version 7.0.0*

Possibly wrong 6 times a year ..ha, live by this forecast and way more accurate than most.

### 5/5 — NZ not well represented

*2020-10-29, version 5.1.1*

Some of the place names of spots on this site don’t even exist or are in the wrong part of the country.

### 5/5 — Amazing product

*2020-03-23, version 5.1.0*

This app has changed my life. I’m now able to score valley before anyone from Sydney knows about it.. thanks AlMap.

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2017-03-23, version 2.0.4*

This app is one of my most used - alerts are handy, being able to favourite my local breaks is awesome and it updates the forecasts regularly.

### 5/5 — Alerts are brilliant

*2016-04-06, version 1.3.1*

Can't believe the new alerts are free, super useful and I'll be using them for sure!

### 4/5 — Accuracy

*2020-05-11, version 5.1.0*

Swell map is good but it’s accuracy with the surf ratings 1/10 isn’t so good it’s hard to be accurate with the surf but I reckon they should have cams

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