Surfline: Wave & Surf Reports 9+

Useful Every Day… Many Times a Day… In Many Ways

Certainly very helpful for travelers getting oriented on unknown breaks… The data for me helps to dial in local breaks… Sometimes the long range forecasts can be inaccurate so i wouldn’t plan a trip around that info but when you surf one area regularly the near term forecasts are very accurate most of the time… Buoy data is also very helpful once you get figure out what minimum swells, periods, and directions will do for your break… If you have that understanding down… then you will know before the sun comes up exactly what the ocean is doing and can head out predawn with confidence in conditions and the right equipment… I love the rewind option on spots with cams… With dawn patrol app on the apple watch you get videos of all of your rides edited and waiting for you in your sessions section of the app… That feature alone is worth the price of a years subscription in one day as a photographer would cost as much or more for a session and you would have to wait days for the results… The last thing i love about the cams is that you can put on cams from across the globe and enjoy the views on the best waves happening on the planet… The content is also fun to read… it goes on and on… if you surf then the app is a great enhancer to the experience… Amazing app TY!!!

Consistency and Growth

Over the years, Surfline has maintained its leadership as the number one forecaster in its field. The reason Shaun Collin’s started Surfline in the first place. The continued expansion into the various other aspects of the sport has been welcomed. I’m 78 years old now and although I haven’t surfed in the last 5 yrs, I still go on Surfline every morning to see the reports and weather. You’ve developed the Surfline website into something you can be proud of. Keep up the good work. Another year has gone by since I have written this review. I have been a premium member of Surfline for the majority of Surflines existence, up until the last year. I have to say I thought since I wasn’t actively surfing anymore I would be able to be satisfied with the non-premium subscription to Surfline. I miss the cameras that are not available to non premium members. The inflationary state of our economy has played a huge role in shaping how we spend our income. I hope that in the future I will be able to become a premium member again. Aloha and Mahalo.

Surf check update is a bust

Once the app updated to this new “surf check” model for free accounts, the app lost is worth for all the free users in Surfline. Before you had unlimited surf checks and could check any surf break you wanted multiple times a day. You could only see a 3 day forecast and couldn’t see premium cams but that was okay. Now you are only given 5 checks per week! But are given a 15 day forecast instead of 3, even though the forecast changes every day. You really need to check for the forecast on the given day you want to see the real forecast. This ruined my experience of the app. I can’t even check the see everyday of the week. I could only check one spot 5 days a week. Completely useless. All surfers know that you have to go “scout” the spots and find the best spot. This app used to be useful for that but now is irrelevant. This update was a huge marketing ploy to get free users to switch to premium by reducing the usefulness of the app to free users trying to coral them into buying the premium version so they could get back the functionality they had before as a free user. Money move by Surfline and not for the people. Give back the functionality for free users to check unlimited spots and remove the whole surf check feature. The app is useless with that feature. I will be using other surf forecasting apps so I can actually check the surf and no be limited to a weekly limit on my “surf checks”

Developer Response ,

Thank you for this feedback. There's one line above that I want to make sure to address: "I could only check one spot 5 days a week". With Surf Checks, you should be able to check unlimited spots in a single session. You must be signed in to get this. I would love to speak on the phone and get more feedback if you write to support@surfline.com and ask for David. Thanks again!