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Find your perfect wave. Search surf spots worldwide, set your board and conditions, and get personalised forecasts.
What makes WhenSwell different is that you define your own spots and exactly what conditions you like, not what others think. If you prefer side-shore winds and small swell for a little-known surf spot, WhenSwell alerts you to those precise conditions by highlighting matching forecast windows.
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- Skill: ExpertWave: LeftSwell: S
The most feared wave in the world, Teahupo'o in Tahiti produces massive, hollow lefts over a razor-sharp reef in crystal-clear water.
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Hourly conditions for Teahupo'o. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: ExpertWave: RightSwell: NW
A big-wave surf spot off the coast of Half Moon Bay, California. Winter swells can reach 25 feet and beyond, making it one of the premier big-wave locations in the world.
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Hourly conditions for Mavericks. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: BothSwell: SW
San Onofre State Beach's Trestles is Southern California's premier surfing destination, offering consistent, high-quality waves. Lower Trestles hosts pro surfing events.
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Hourly conditions for Trestles. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: IntermediateWave: RightSwell: NW
Known as the 'Queen of the Coast,' Rincon in Santa Barbara County offers long, walling right-hand point break waves on NW swells.
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Hourly conditions for Rincon. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: BeginnerWave: BothSwell: SW
Surf City USA's iconic pier break offering consistent peaks south of the pier. Home to the US Open of Surfing.
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Hourly conditions for Huntington Beach Pier. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: BeginnerWave: BothSwell: W
San Diego's Ocean Beach Pier break offers accessible waves for all skill levels with consistent beach break peaks.
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Hourly conditions for Ocean Beach Pier. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: ExpertWave: LeftSwell: SW
One of the world's most powerful and dangerous waves, Cloudbreak in Fiji breaks over a coral reef in the middle of the Tasman Sea. Hosts the Fiji Pro.
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Hourly conditions for Cloudbreak. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: RightSwell: S
Jeffreys Bay (J-Bay) in South Africa is one of the world's great right-hand point breaks, producing incredibly long, fast walls. Hosts the Corona Open J-Bay.
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Hourly conditions for Jeffrey's Bay. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: BothSwell: W
Hossegor in southwest France is Europe's premier surf destination, known for powerful beach break barrels fed by Atlantic swells. Hosts the Quiksilver Pro France.
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Hourly conditions for Hossegor Beach. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: ExpertWave: BothSwell: W
Home to the biggest rideable waves on earth, Nazaré's famous underwater canyon funnels Atlantic swells into massive walls of water exceeding 80 feet.
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Hourly conditions for Nazaré. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: RightSwell: SW
Australia's most iconic surf location, Bells Beach in Victoria hosts the world's longest-running professional surfing contest, the Rip Curl Pro.
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Hourly conditions for Bells Beach. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: RightSwell: SE
Once considered one of the world's best waves, Kirra Point in Queensland produces incredibly fast and hollow rights along the Superbank.
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Hourly conditions for Kirra. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: IntermediateWave: RightSwell: SE
Noosa in Queensland is one of Australia's most picturesque surf spots, with long right-hand point breaks in a national park setting.
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Hourly conditions for Noosa Heads. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: ExpertWave: RightSwell: SW
One of Australia's most dangerous waves, The Box in Margaret River produces vertical drops into extremely shallow water over a ledge.
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Hourly conditions for The Box. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: RightSwell: SW
South Australia's remote Cactus Beach on the Eyre Peninsula hosts several world-class breaks, including Cactus, Castles, and Caves.
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Hourly conditions for Cactus Beach. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: ExpertWave: BothSwell: N
Banzai Pipeline on Oahu's North Shore is arguably the most famous wave in the world. A heavy reef break producing thick, hollow tubes over a shallow coral reef.
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Hourly conditions for Pipeline. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: RightSwell: SE
The start of Queensland's Superbank, Snapper Rocks produces long, perfect right-hand walls that are among the best waves in Australia.
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Hourly conditions for Snapper Rocks. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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- Skill: AdvancedWave: RightSwell: SE
Gold Coast's Burleigh Heads produces Queensland's most perfect right-hand point break, a classic walling wave over a rocky headland.
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Hourly conditions for Burleigh Heads. Quality score combines swell, period, direction, and wind chop.
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