A console oriented surf forecast.

Notice: When Surfline acquired MSW, they shut down their API. This site is no longer functional. I've left a demo of an old forecast, at least until the domain expires.

You can view the content in your browser, but it's intended for the terminal.

# get forecast for fire island
curl https://thesurf.in/fire-island

# find MSW's annoying name for mavericks
curl https://thesurf.in/spots?mavericks

# get the forecast for mavericks
curl https://thesurf.in/mavericks-half-moon-bay

# or with the MSW ID found from searching
curl https://thesurf.in/162

You can append the query param ?units={uk,us,eu} to the forecast endpoint, where

• us: uses ft, mph, f
• uk: uses ft, mph, c
• eu: uses m, kph, c

These are passed directly to MSW (docs).

The MSW forecast data does not convey the relationship of the wind relative to the shore (e.g. on/off/cross shore). The red/blue/green ratings in the interface are instead a simple function of MSW's faded stars. This function is not perfect, and could probably be improved.

1. rust
2. 1pw cli
3. just
4. An MSW API key, which they are not currently offering to the general public.