Magic Seaweed has joined forces with Surfline (2024)

LipService

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  • #1

What happened to Magic Seaweed?

It re-directs to Surfline, which only shows the forecast for 3 days, and looks like a mess.

Can you suggest any alternatives other than Surf Captain, which sucks too, particularly for the east coast?

Thank you ERBB

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  • #2

It's called a BUYOUT. When one company buys another, in this case, to eliminate their competition.

And it happened in 2017. Yes, Surfline has owned MSW since 2017.

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  • #3

I am glad that Magic Seaweed has joined forces with Surfline.

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estreet

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  • #4

There’s a spot I go to a lot that wasn’t on Surfline and MS was always good at reporting. So far seems to be less accurate now at Surfline.

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SrPato

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  • #5

You can get buoy info for the entire west coast right here. www.17ft.com

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  • #6

Surfline is flat-out untrustworthy. Plus, the Magic Seaweed extended forecast layout was a lot better.

Oh well. Regress in the name of progress.

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ElOgro

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  • #7

SrPato said:

You can get buoy info for the entire west coast right here. www.17ft.com

Not the part of the west coast where I live. No buoys.

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I just go check, when I have a free 3 hours. If I feel it, I go, if not I may go for a walk, or a swim.

But I haven't looked at, nor seen a surf forecast since I stopped surf guiding almost a decade ago.

Who cares what internet says, surfing is an IRL thing.

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Interwebs is for p*rn, 'arguing' with everyone here and chess.

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surf-shot.com said:

View attachment 154818

If it hasn’t turned up just past New Zealand what you see here is junk in my hood when it gets here. If it does turn up, the water temperature (80) and the air temperature (80 - 90) means little to no offshore. Time interval is important here, over 18 seconds tends to wash out.!

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  • #11

El Nino is coming fast. Looks to be a significant one.

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ElOgro

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Check around in this site

Lazaro Cardenas Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Lazaro Cardenas sea conditions and tide table for the next 12 days. Wave height, direction and period in 3 hourly intervals along with sunrise, sunset and moon phase

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for your area.

Might be useful.

sussle

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LipService said:

What happened to Magic Seaweed?

It re-directs to Surfline, which only shows the forecast for 3 days, and looks like a mess.

Can you suggest any alternatives other than Surf Captain, which sucks too, particularly for the east coast?

Thank you ERBB

Have no problem whatsoever with Surf Captain, which is particularly tailored for the East Coast. Historically far more accurate than Magic Seaweed. Otherwise, surf-forecast.com does a fair job.

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SurfMission

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Maybe the albacore will show up this year with the El Niño. ???

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LipService

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Thanks sussle, I'll check out surf-forecast.com, and give Surf Captain another try.

sussle

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LipService said:

Thanks sussle, I'll check out surf-forecast.com, and give Surf Captain another try.

fwiw, Surf Captain has a solid pedigree - run by Micah Sklut, the brains behind the old SwellInfo.com site. he sold off SI about 10 years ago (and it subsequently went to sh*t under the new management) and started Surf Captain. he applies a pretty unique skill set in meteorology, oceanography, bathymetry, web development, surfing etc etc etc to generate his forecasts....not perfect, of course, but as good or better than any other EC forecast, imo. ymmv.

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So is there any viable alternative to Surfline for FORECASTS for swell direction, period and size?

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ElOgro said:

Not the part of the west coast where I live. No buoys.

Good point, Mexico is not included. I also noticed that Washington and Oregon are out of the picture. Buttttt, if you're between Central Cal. and Southern Cal. it has you covered.

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Magic Seaweed has joined forces with Surfline (2024)

FAQs

Is Magic Seaweed owned by Surfline? ›

Magicseaweed has joined the Surfline family. This means that not only will you have access to your favorite magicseaweed forecasting tech and team, but you'll also gain the features Surfline has pioneered over the past four decades.

Why is Magicseaweed ending? ›

Global surf forecasting firm Magic Seaweed (MSW) has announced it is losing its name as it merges with California-based Surfline. MSW, which was created in Kingsbridge, south Devon in 2002, was bought by Surfline in 2017.

What has happened to magic seaweed? ›

With magicseaweed, Surfline is now the most robust surf forecasting service on the planet—with more updates coming soon. Don't worry, your magicseaweed account has transferred to Surfline.

What is the Surfline controversy? ›

Surfers have blamed Surfline.com and live surf reporting as a contributor to the increase of crowds at surf breaks. The locals were so upset that there was suspicion that some of the surfers in New Jersey even planned to get back by hiding and/or breaking the camera.

What replaced magicseaweed? ›

The world's best surf forecasting platforms under one roof.

For example, there's a table view option now that's been designed to look like the MSW forecast, which means if you've come here via magicseaweed, you'll be ready to go straight away on Surfline. Look familiar? The MSW-style forecast view is now on Surfline.

How much did magicseaweed sell for? ›

MagicSeaweed was acquired along with Stab Magazine on 22nd May 2015 for a combined total cash consideration of AUD$13.8 million and 4.8 million shares in SurfStitch. The new buyers of MagicSeaweed are US-based surf forecasting site Surfline.

What is magicseaweed called now? ›

Magicseaweed has joined Surfline and is no longer being supported. You can now get all your favourite features on Surfline.

Why is so much seaweed washing up? ›

Pollution: nutrient-rich waters act as fertilizer for the seaweed (it was thought that they were reproducing locally as a result of more nutrients). Disturbance in liquid boundaries: winds, storms, and spiraling currents help disperse Sargassum throughout the world's oceans.

Who is the founder of Wavegarden? ›

Wavegarden was founded in 2005 when Basque engineer, Josema Odriozola, and German sports economist, Karin Frisch, decided to combine their love of surfing with their expertise in designing and building sports facilities. For the entrepreneurs, their driving force had always been about building a platform for stoke.

What is an alternative to Surfline? ›

The closest competitor to surfline.com is surf-forecast.com.

Who started Magic Seaweed? ›

Who is the founder of Magicseaweed? Ryan Anderson, Ben Freeston, and Nicholas Lott are the founders of Magicseaweed.

Is surf Captain accurate? ›

Yes. From decades of experience, we've created an approach of automating surf forecasts using both publicly available weather and swell data along with our own advanced scientific techniques.

What happened to Surfline? ›

Ghana 4G LTE company Surfline Communications has been forced to close its data center and radio access network (RAN) after a series of financial difficulties. Ghana's National Communications Authority (NCA) confirmed to the Daily Graphic that the company was facing serious cost issues.

Why does Surfline say lotus? ›

LOTUS is our proprietary global wave model. The successor of LOLA. Surfline's special blend of high-res bathymetry mapping and near-shore wave models. Real time validation of model output using satellites & buoys.

Is Surfline profitable? ›

And as the Internet became more widely adopted, Sean helped Surfline become profitable through digital advertiser and membership fee growth.

Who are the founders of Magic Seaweed? ›

Who is the founder of Magicseaweed? Ryan Anderson, Ben Freeston, and Nicholas Lott are the founders of Magicseaweed.

Who owns Ocean Magic? ›

Oliveira and Brown took ownerswhip of Ocean Magic in November 2020, at the start of the Christmas rush. During that critical shopping period, Oliveira began observing opportunities to improve the operation.

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