Live local surf intelligence

Know when to paddle out.

Not a fishing forecast. Enter a U.S. coastal city or ZIP code and Surf Signal translates local swell, period, wind and tide into an honest call—plus the hours most likely to be worth your time.

Surf Signal · Live forecastRead the break before you paddle out.

Location-aware waves, period, wind, tide, and ranked daylight windows—kept visible while the forecast plays.

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SURF SIGNALSwell · period · wind · tideReading the current break…

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—SURF SCORE

Current call

Reading the ocean.

Combining wave, wind and tide records now.

Wave model—Height · period

Primary swell—Direction · energy

Beach wind—Quality · gusts

Tide now—Nearest NOAA station

Wave height is model significant wave height offshore. The face range is a planning estimate—not a measured breaking-wave height.

Best paddle-out windows

Go when it lines up.

These windows rank only daylight hours. Longer period, swell aligned with the local coastline, cleaner wind and a useful tide stage move a window higher. A visual check at the beach still wins.

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36-hour surf pulse

See the change coming.

Wave heightSurf score

Now+12 hours+24 hours+36 hours

NOAA tide timing

Read the push.

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Evidence behind the call

Built for decisions, not hype.

Surf Signal does not call every wave “epic.” It shows the model values, explains the rating, and keeps every source visible so a surfer can make their own call.

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