Surfline: Wave & Surf Reports
Surfline: Wave & Surf Reports
Surfline: Wave & Surf Reports
Everyone
Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.
Forecasts, Cams, Wind, & Tide


Average Rating

4.2


Number of Ratings

9,052


Number of Downloads

1M+


Contains Ads

True


In-App Purchases

True


Install Fee

Free


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About Surfline: Wave & Surf Reports

Surfline has been the surf world’s go-to for wave forecasting and surf reports since 1985, helping millions of surfers score better waves, more often. Use the Surfline app to know before you go anytime, anywhere. Keep track of current surf conditions. -View live surf cams at 950+ breaks around ... read more

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Summary

Total Permissions

13

Total Categories

5

Highest Risk

8

Average Risk

5

Counts

2

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User Reviews

Shirley Kim Nguyen Shirley Kim Nguyen
28
Sunday, May 25, 2025

I've been using the free version for about 7 years. Because I only want to see my home break, I never felt the need to get premium. Over the years, they restricted more features, and sometimes that thing happens where the 20 seconds you get to see the webcam get sped up and 20 counts down in less than 10 seconds. I'm once again disappointed that now they've restricted my beach to only that of yesterday's condition. I just want to see the cam, never mind fancy features. Now I've no use for it.

A Google user A Google user
22
Friday, October 12, 2018

For the free version in SoCal: It's cool they have reports with wave height, temperature, and all, but they only come through twice a day, so if you check a couple hours after the first forecast, things might be totally different. That's why you might rely on the cams which might also help you see the set frequency, but the video is so short you miss a lot and the ads are incredibly long. They also never change, and it's for stuff nobody really cares about. Just a tip if your gonna have ads at least use cookies or something so the ads dont suck. As like the only black surfer from the LBC, no matter how many times you try to get me to watch the Nascar playoffs or go to Mammoth, I won't do it. I'm just not interested Haha. Otherwise, it's a pretty ok app. Edited

Brian M Brian M
2
Saturday, September 10, 2022

Really not a good app anymore, many cameras have been removed. The forecasting cast such a wide net that there's no real localized information to take from it. The smallest amount of effort on free weather sites will yield you better and more localized information. I would use the cams to confirm conditions at sunrise but as I said many cams have been removed. The remaining cams suffer outages regularly. Overall, NOT WORTH THE SUBSCRIPTION.

Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Thanks for the review, Brian. Outages can be a reality of operating a global network of live-streaming surf cams, but I'm keen to pull the specifics of your review (which report/cams) and get it posted where it needs to be seen. 📥[email protected] are the best equipped to log your feedback and is also where I can be reached, directly. - James.
Michael Vitellaro Michael Vitellaro
7
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Joke paywall. Stopped paying for this app years ago. Rip off. I know it's a forecast, so it will never be an exact science, but this service is unfortunately the worst at even coming close to being right. It's a pay service, the forecasters are lazy, what you see and what is written has been the polar opposite for as long as I can remember. I can't think of the last time their forecast was even close to being right. Not to mention it's a pay site and the app constantly crashes.

Terry Terry
5
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

I keep receiving instant "video unexpectedly failed" notice when trying to view live cams. Not sure why as I was able to view love cams in the past then all of a sudden I can't. Frustrating. I could find no information to resolve issue. 05-19-21 UPDATE..... Just saw your response. Just to update, this app still will NOT open like it used to in the past. Very frustrating as I became to reply on the information. I just get "Surfline has stopped" instantly upon trying to open the app.

Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Hi Terry, thanks for this feedback and your patience. Please check for updates, as we just pushed a version with an entire rebuild of the app. We have several more updates over the next few months and are stoked to share those with you as well! Aloha, David.
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