Shaka Surf: Surf Forecast

Shaka Surf is a free, open surf-forecast app for surf breaks all over the world. No subscription. No paywall. No account required.

Spin a live 3-D globe, tap any glowing break, and instantly see: • Current swell height, direction and period • Wind speed and direction — with an offshore/onshore quality rating • A transparent 0–10 surf quality score broken down by factor • 10-day hourly forecast with a rated "best window" highlighted • NOAA tide curve for the nearest station • Live NDBC buoy observations (US breaks) • Free public webcam streams where available

SURF QUALITY, MADE TRANSPARENT Every break shows a live quality score built from swell energy, wave period, swell direction, tide stage and a wind-direction penalty calibrated to the spot's offshore heading. Each factor is shown separately — no magic black box.

GLOBAL COVERAGE More than 6,700 surf breaks worldwide: every coast, every country. Famous big-wave spots, local beach breaks, reef breaks, point breaks and river mouths. Zoom into any coastline and the pins appear, coloured live by how good it is right now.

BUILT ON FREE, OPEN OCEAN DATA • Swell / wind forecast: Open-Meteo Marine API (DWD/ECMWF/GFS models) • Tides: NOAA CO-OPS • Live buoys: NOAA NDBC No API keys. No vendor lock-in. Full data attribution shown in the app.

CLEAN, FAST, PRIVATE • Browse everything without an account • Favourites and recently viewed spots saved on your device • Imperial or metric, your choice • Deep-linkable URLs for sharing any spot • Installable as a home-screen app

If you have ever wondered why surf forecasts cost $10+/month when they are built from the same free government data as your phone's weather app — here is your answer.

Forecast data © Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0). Tides & buoys courtesy of NOAA (public domain). Map imagery © Esri. Labels © CARTO.