SurfMap vs Surf Agent

SurfMap rates the surf for your level at more than 5,000 spots around the world. For each spot, it shows you the best hours to go and tells you why. RATED FOR YOUR LEVEL • Tell SurfMap if you're a beginner, an intermediate or an advanced surfer, and every hour of the week gets a rating for you. • Each rating gives its reason in plain words, like "Ideal size for your level" or "Too much wind". • When the tide makes a spot dangerous, a warning sign shows next to its rating. • Rate your sessions and the AI adds a personal score that predicts how much you'll enjoy each hour. It runs on your iPhone and learns only from your own sessions. MAKE EACH SPOT YOURS • Tell SurfMap which tides work at your spot, which ones are dangerous and how big the waves really get there, and the ratings take it into account. • Save your favorite spots. Around 6:30 pm, SurfMap tells you if one of them looks good tomorrow, and it stays quiet when nothing is worth the trip. • Home Screen widgets show the spot you pick, or the closest spot wherever you are. FIND WHERE TO SURF • See which spots around you, or which of your favorites, look good today, tomorrow, this weekend or later in the week. • Hourly graphs show the waves, wind, tide and weather. Drag across the day to check any hour. • The nearby forecast shows seven days for every spot around you. Open the week in landscape, or compare two spots side by side. • Search spots, towns and guides by the name locals use or the one travelers know. WHERE THE FORECAST COMES FROM • Waves, wind and weather come from global wave and weather models, refreshed twice a day for the next seven days. The ratings are SurfMap's own reading of them. • Tides are predicted for each spot from its own tidal constants, the same method behind printed tide tables. 16 SURF GUIDES • The guides cover Ericeira, Peniche, the Algarve, Hossegor, both sides of the Basque Country, Galicia, Asturias, Cornwall, the west coast of Ireland, Fuerteventura, Taghazout, Bali, the Mentawai Islands, Siargao and Sri Lanka. • Each guide says which spot suits your level, the tide that makes it work and the hazards to watch out for. ASK SIRI • "Hey Siri, does it surf today in Huntington Beach with SurfMap?" Siri answers with your rating and the best window, and a tap opens the spot. • With Apple Intelligence, ask SurfMap anything, like "Is tomorrow better than today at Huntington Beach?" Siri questions need iOS 26. APPLE WATCH • Track your session from your wrist, with no phone in the water. The watch counts your waves, and notices missed waves and wipeouts too. • Follow your heart rate, calories and paddle distance live, and keep the GPS track. If your watch runs out of battery, the session isn't lost. • The watch shows conditions and tide for your spots, and its complications can follow the closest spot. YOUR SURF LOG • Every session goes into your log with its conditions and the board you rode, and each month gets its own recap page. • Share a spot's forecast, a session or a whole month as an image. • Your profile keeps your records and a stamp for each new spot and each new country. • Surf workouts go to Apple Health and count toward your rings. SurfMap has no ads. Please note: All features in SurfMap require a subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Surf Agent gives you honest, AI-powered surf forecasts for 200+ spots across California, Oregon, Washington, and the East Coast — then tells you which of YOUR boards to ride. Instead of squinting at raw charts, you get a clear, ranked read on where it's actually worth paddling out, written like a knowledgeable friend who checked the buoys for you. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Real data, not just a model. Every forecast cross-references live NOAA buoy readings (both offshore and nearshore), National Weather Service hyperlocal wind, NOAA tide predictions, and Open-Meteo swell — reconciled into one honest rating. • Star-rated & ranked. Pick your spots and a time, and Surf Agent ranks them so you know where to go. Ratings are absolute and honest — if it's flat or blown out, it says so. • Personalized board recommendations. Add your quiver (shortboard, fish, mid-length, longboard, and more) and an optional rider profile (height, weight, skill). For each spot, Surf Agent recommends the single best board to ride for those exact conditions — factoring in the spot's character and your size. • Dawn patrol to a week out. Check conditions right now or plan up to 7 days ahead. • Built for surfers. Offshore vs. nearshore buoy weighting, swell-direction awareness, tide timing — the details that actually decide whether it's good. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a free account. 2. Pick a state/area, your spots, and when you want to surf. 3. Get ranked forecasts with conditions, a star rating, and a board pick per spot. 4. Add your boards and profile to sharpen the recommendations. Surf Agent combines public marine data with the Anthropic Claude AI to generate its forecasts. Conditions change fast — always check your local conditions and surf within your ability. Questions or feedback? Email derekwrobel@gmail.com