Free Surf Forecast

About Free Surf Forecast

Free 7-day surf forecast. No ads, no sign-up.

The Idea

Free Surf Forecast is a dashboard you can keep open 24/7 to know exactly what's happening at your local break. Wave height, period, direction, wind, tides, buoy data, live cameras — everything on one screen, updated continuously, and completely free.

Data-Forward Forecasting

Most surf forecast sites bury the actual data behind editorial opinions or paywalls. We take the opposite approach: raw data from NOAA, NDBC, CDIP, and Open-Meteo presented directly alongside human-readable interpretations so you can make your own call. Session scoring, swell classification, and condition ratings are all transparent — you can see exactly how every number is calculated.

Open Source

The entire codebase is public on GitHub. The frontend, backend, scoring algorithms, data pipelines — all of it. If you want to understand how a forecast is generated, suggest a feature, or run your own instance, the code is there.

Data Sources

Waves & Wind
Open-Meteo Marine & GFS
Tides
NOAA CO-OPS
Buoy Data
NDBC & CDIP
Swell Models
WaveWatch III (ERDDAP)
Maps
OpenStreetMap & CARTO
Cameras
Windy, SurfChex, & more