Coastal Forecast Tool

Tides, swell, wind — all in one forecast

73 Australian beaches. 7-day forecasts. Custom alerts when your conditions line up. Built by surfers, for everyone who reads the ocean.

Bondi Beach
Eastern Suburbs, NSW
22°
H:22° L:13°
GLASSY 1.1m @ 10s
light offshore 8km/h · mid tide, rising
Byron Bay
Northern NSW, NSW
27°
H:27° L:15°
CLEAN 1.4m @ 12s
moderate cross-shore 12km/h · mid-high, rising
Snapper Rocks
Gold Coast, QLD
25°
H:26° L:17°
CLEAN 0.9m @ 9s
light onshore 6km/h · high tide, dropping

Everything you need, nothing you don't

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Unified forecast

Tide, swell, and wind all on one interactive graph. Scrub hour-by-hour across 7 days to see exactly what's coming.

Best time to surf

Algorithm scores every 3-hour window across swell, period, wind direction, tide level, and daylight. Find your session instantly.

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Custom alerts

Define your perfect conditions with sliders and compass pickers. Get notified days ahead when the forecast lines up.

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73 beaches

Every major surf spot across NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA, and TAS. Search by name, region, or state. Save your favourites.

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Detailed conditions

Weather, temperature chart, UV index, water temp, sunrise/sunset, tide state — all on one card you can scrub through.

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Live wind map

Real-time wind particle visualization across the coast. See speed and direction animated over a Leaflet map.

Your conditions, your notification

Set thresholds for swell height, period, wind speed, and direction. Choose a tide level. Pick a compass range for wind and swell direction. When the 7-day forecast matches, you'll know about it days ahead.

Thresholds
Swell height1.0m – 3.0m
Swell period9s – 22s
Wind0kt – 16kt
ANY LOW MID HIGH

Best time to surf, calculated

Our algorithm evaluates every hour across swell size, wave period, wind direction, tide level, and daylight. It finds the optimal 3-hour window and rates it from poor to great — so you spend less time guessing and more time in the water.

Best window
GREAT 7am – 10am
1.4m @ 12s from SE
Wind NW 8km/h · offshore
Mid tide, rising
Score breakdown
Swell Period Wind Tide

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