Raw forecasts at your own custom spots.
Originally crowdfunded by surfers worldwide. Over 2 million forecasts served already!
Swell Scope - the surf forecast app with no surf spots. Instead, you add your own custom surf breaks by dropping a pin anywhere in the world.
Use first-of-their kind tools to setup the exposure of your spot in just a few seconds.
Then jump into beautiful charts, animations, and visuals that show you the raw forecast data from the world’s premier weather models.
After your session, auto-import the conditions into your journal and add your own detailed ratings for things like breaking-wave shape and surface cleanliness.
Next time the conditions are similar, you’ll see your own ratings alongside the raw forecast data.
Everything is designed so that you can make the call yourself, instead of relying on mysterious predictions and algorithms.
My hope is to bring back the joy & excitement of learning your local, making the call, and chasing those special sessions.
Over 5,000 people helped beta test Swell Scope throughout 2025! Here are some of the favourite features they helped us develop:
14-Day Forecast
- Raw forecast data from the premier weather agencies. Primary, Secondary, and Wind Swells. Height, period, & direction. Wind strength & direction. Tides. Sunrise & Sunset times. Water Temp. Weather including rain & cloud cover.
Custom Surf Spots - Worldwide
- Drop a pin anywhere in the world to see the forecast there. Use first-of-their kind tools to setup the exposure & inform the app of onshore/offshore directions.
Surf Journal with Auto-Import
- Add your sessions to your journal and all the conditions are automatically imported. Fill out detailed ratings bout breaking wave shape, wind quality, and more
Similar Sessions
- Next time the conditions are similar, see your past ratings alongside the forecast. Use the comparison screen to see for yourself how similar the sessions are and make the call
Trend Charts
- See three full days of charted data for every detail in forecast on a single screen. Spotting trends is easy when you can see so much in one view
Fresh Data
- See which weather agencies & models are being used for every detail in the forecast. Data is updated in the app as soon as it's published by the sources. Most models update every 6-hours, with some being as frequent as hourly!
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Best surf app for the seasoned surfer. If you know what you’re looking for and want tools to log and measure your sessions, quiver, etc. This is it. Lifetime subscription incredible. Much more granular breakout of data for the primary information feed of the app. As opposed to Surfline, which has great forecasting tools as well, but the primary function is more generalized forecasting with some regional curation and cam access.
Uniquely helpful
ead.cre
My primary source before heading out. I have to drive a minimum hour and a hour to reach a surf spot, swell scope helps me pick the best spots with information that’s easy to understand and custom to my spots. My only wish list item is being able to locate spots a bit faster, a Google Maps integration of some sort would go a long ways but I love Swell Scope all the same
Looks great!
Kyle G23
Just downloaded (lifetime backer from kickstarter) and really impressed. Still have yet to get out, but really unique how you are able to select the spot and tailor it. Get insight provided for the experienced swell tracker, and also simple enough for someone that is new. I was tired of how far Surfline is off at my local swell (commentary does not match my local break at all) and mainly use it for the cams.
So useful
Alex_Merts
This app has been so so useful for charting out spots and especially logging them. Keeping track of what tides, and swell directions have been the most fun has been super useful. My one wish is to have a forecast view on the homepage where I can see the 3 day view across all spots i have marked. Other than that, perfect.
Hotfix for sign-in issue affecting some users who update from older app versions
Version 1.10
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Information
Seller
Flockatoo Tech Pty Ltd
Size
118.5 MB
Category
Weather
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
