Chart standing · US
What changed · US
Listing changes AppTracker has observed for this app in this storefront — new versions, price moves, rating shifts, and store copy.
Two big ones this update: • Wave maps — watch swells roll across a living ocean. A wave-height heat map, animated swell trails, and a time scrubber that plays the forecast days ahead. • Apple Maps up close — zoom into any break and the globe hands off to crisp Apple satellite detail, with every spot pinned and rated. Plus faster forecasts, smoother charts, and a pile of fixes. Shaka approves.
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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.
What's new · 1.1
Two big ones this update: • Wave maps — watch swells roll across a living ocean. A wave-height heat map, animated swell trails, and a time scrubber that plays the forecast days ahead. • Apple Maps up close — zoom into any break and the globe hands off to crisp Apple satellite detail, with every spot pinned and rated. Plus faster forecasts, smoother charts, and a pile of fixes. Shaka approves.
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