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Live surf conditions in plain English — wave height, swell, wind, tides and the exact best time to paddle out. No data degree required.

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We translate swell models into real sentences — not "SSW 4.2ft @ 14s" but "Great 5ft waves, go at 7am."

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Built for the beach car park at 6am. Everything you need at a glance, on any phone, no pinch-zooming needed.

Surf data sourced from Open-Meteo (marine wave, swell, wind and weather) · NOAA Tides & Currents (US tides) · UK Environment Agency (UK tides). All sources are publicly available and free. Conditions updated every 30 minutes automatically.

Written & reviewed by

Adam Moore

Surf Journalist & Ocean Data Specialist

Adam Moore has been surfing coastlines from Cornwall to California for over 15 years. A former marine science graduate from the University of Exeter and contributing writer for several surf publications, Adam built SurfTidal to solve a simple problem: surf forecast tools designed for data scientists, not for surfers. He believes anyone heading to the beach deserves accurate, honest, plain-English conditions — free of charge. When he's not in the water, he's analysing swell models, testing forecast accuracy, and writing the beach guides you'll find across this site.