Ask Siri if it surfs today, and every spot now goes by its local name. 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 • "Where can I surf this weekend with SurfMap?" The best spots near you, for your level • Ask SurfMap anything with Apple Intelligence: "Is tomorrow better than today at Huntington Beach?" or "What's the best day this week near me?" • Your spots and guides show up in Spotlight and in the Shortcuts app Siri questions need iOS 26. LOCAL NAMES • Every spot goes by the name locals use, with the nickname travelers know right below it • Search in the local script too: Japanese, Greek, Chinese, Thai and more • Hundreds of spellings checked and corrected across the map TUNE THIS SPOT • Tell SurfMap the tide and wave size this spot really likes, and the forecast adapts on your phone • How to read the forecast: a help sheet explains every line NEW LOOK • A new app icon, in Liquid Glass on iOS 26 • Destination guides sit right on your profile • An empty log shows what your first session fills in, and logs it in a tap FIXES • The spot sheet shows a loading page with a retry instead of staying blank • The wind lane shows every day, calm days included • Swiping to a shorter day no longer freezes the page • Widgets and the Apple Watch refresh reliably again • On a slow connection the app answers from its cache • Fewer crashes at launch and in the background Plus small improvements throughout.

Guides are one tap from the spot, and Zarautz joins the map. NEW SPOT • Zarautz: the Basque Country's long sandy classic is now on the map SPOT SHEET • Read guide: open a destination guide straight from any spot it covers • Share a spot or get directions from one tidy menu FORECAST • The rating explains offshore wind the way it really grooms the waves Plus small improvements and fixes.

Your boards join the app, and your profile gets a fresh coat of wax. YOUR QUIVER • Add the boards you ride and tag one on every session • Each board keeps its own story: sessions, waves and time in the water A NEW PROFILE • Your surfing at a glance, your log front and center • Every setting now lives behind one door READ THE WHOLE DAY • Hourly graphs for waves, wind, sea and sky: drag across the day to check any hour • The bars are colored by how good it looks, so the best windows stand out right away APPLE WATCH • A dead battery or a crash no longer loses your session, the app now recovers it • The tide complication refreshes reliably again Plus a faster map, a lighter app and plenty of fixes.

Your boards join the app, and your profile gets a fresh coat of wax. YOUR QUIVER • Add the boards you ride and tag one on every session • Each board keeps its own story: sessions, waves and time in the water A NEW PROFILE • Your surfing at a glance, your log front and center • Every setting now lives behind one door READ THE WHOLE DAY • Hourly graphs for waves, wind, sea and sky: drag across the day to check any hour • The bars are colored by how good it looks, so the best windows stand out right away APPLE WATCH • A dead battery or a crash no longer loses your session, the app now recovers it • The tide complication refreshes reliably again Plus a faster map, a lighter app and plenty of fixes.

Your boards join the app, and your profile gets a fresh coat of wax. YOUR QUIVER • Add the boards you ride and tag one on every session • Each board keeps its own story: sessions, waves and time in the water A NEW PROFILE • Your surfing at a glance, your log front and center • Every setting now lives behind one door READ THE WHOLE DAY • Hourly graphs for waves, wind, sea and sky: drag across the day to check any hour • The bars are colored by how good it looks, so the best windows stand out right away APPLE WATCH • A dead battery or a crash no longer loses your session, the app now recovers it • The tide complication refreshes reliably again Plus a faster map, a lighter app and plenty of fixes.

New surf guides, arriving all the time, and a whole new way to find them. DESTINATION GUIDES • The right spot for your level, the tide windows that make it work, and the hazards to respect • Indonesia, Portugal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Morocco, France and more • New destinations land on their own, no app update needed, and we tell you when they do FIND THEM IN A TAP • New search: spots, towns and guides in one place, with the closest spots ready before you type • Browse every guide by region, or jump straight there from your profile A SMOOTHER SPOT PAGE • Scrub the whole day from edge to edge, sky and all • A clearer verdict up top: best window and AI rating, side by side Plus a sharper small widget and a fix for the Apple Watch tide complication.

New surf guides, arriving all the time, and a whole new way to find them. DESTINATION GUIDES • The right spot for your level, the tide windows that make it work, and the hazards to respect • Indonesia, Portugal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Morocco, France and more • New destinations land on their own, no app update needed, and we tell you when they do FIND THEM IN A TAP • New search: spots, towns and guides in one place, with the closest spots ready before you type • Browse every guide by region, or jump straight there from your profile A SMOOTHER SPOT PAGE • Scrub the whole day from edge to edge, sky and all • A clearer verdict up top: best window and AI rating, side by side Plus a sharper small widget and a fix for the Apple Watch tide complication.

SurfMap 2.0 is our biggest update ever: a complete redesign, built around the sky, the sea and your next session. A FRESH NEW LOOK • The spot page was rebuilt from scratch: the sky now mirrors the real weather of every hour, from golden dawn to stormy dusk • Your verdict up top: the AI rating and the best window to paddle out, before you even scroll • Slide through the day and watch waves, wind, tide and sky update instantly • A new place card on the map, with conditions, guides and photos one tap away • Home Screen widgets redesigned in every size SURF GUIDES • Local knowledge built in for Bali, Ericeira, Hossegor, Taghazout and the French Basque Country • The right spot for your level, the tide windows that make it work, and the hazards to respect • Ratings now know when a spot only breaks on the right tide SESSIONS WITH SOUL • Session pages redesigned with heroes, seasonal banners and richer stats • Compare two sessions head to head, filter your stats by year, and relive your season with Surf Rewind • The AI rating is honest about what it knows: it shows the session it matched, and says so when it needs more data APPLE WATCH • The watch now detects missed waves and wipeouts too, with the G-force of every fall • A little celebration on your wrist when you end a session Plus a faster weekly forecast that rotates into a full-week landscape grid, and a fix for a crash at launch some of you hit.

SurfMap comes to Apple Watch! • Track surf sessions from your wrist. Your waves are counted automatically from wrist motion • Live heart rate, GPS track, paddle distance and calories • Conditions, tide curve and sun times for your spots, at a glance • Watch-face complications + session recap synced to your iPhone Also in this update: a fresh new welcome tour, 8-day forecasts, wind-direction-aware ratings, and plain-language explanations of why a day rates the way it does.

SurfMap comes to Apple Watch! • Track surf sessions from your wrist. Your waves are counted automatically from wrist motion • Live heart rate, GPS track, paddle distance and calories • Conditions, tide curve and sun times for your spots, at a glance • Watch-face complications + session recap synced to your iPhone Also in this update: 8-day forecasts, wind-direction-aware ratings, and plain-language explanations of why a day rates the way it does.

• New: Spot orientation map — see each spot's swell and wind direction at a glance. • The Best Conditions finder is now easier to spot on the map. • A smoother, clearer onboarding. • Full Dynamic Type support — text and icons now scale with your accessibility settings. • Fixes: tapping a widget opens the right spot, map conditions stay fresh, and the "best time" window is more accurate. • Performance and stability improvements.

Added Liquid Glass support on iOS 26

Added Liquid Glass support on iOS 26

Added Liquid Glass support on iOS 26

Added widgets

Added widgets

• Added widgets

• Brand-new map view with easy access to spot information • Create custom areas to quickly track surf spots far away

• Brand-new map view with easy access to spot information • Create custom areas to quickly track surf spots far away

• Brand-new map view with easy access to spot information • Create custom areas to quickly track surf spots far away

New forecast view

New forecast view

New forecast view

New forecast view