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Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts is #172 in Weather Free in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperWeather Captain
CategoryWeather
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (1.2k)
Version1.4.19
Age rating4+
First seen by us
26 Sep 2026
26 Sep 2026Installs (est.)50k+ worldwide
Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts update history & changes
Last change · 19 events since 29 Jul 2021Full timeline ↓✏️New screenshots⭐Passed 100 ratings⭐Passed 1K ratings✏️New screenshots📦Updated to version 1.4.19📦Updated to version 1.4.17📈Charting in a new country📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 19 events
- ✏️Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · US
- ✏️Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · CA
- 📦Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts updated to version 1.4.19Dark mode is here! Pick Light, Dark or System under Account > Appearance, and your choice follows you to the website.
The Tide Calendar is better too: tap any day to see sunrise and sunset and a tide chart you can drag your finger across to see the tide height at any time.
We also fixed the “Forecast Updated” message so it only appears when there is actually a new forecast.… more - 📦Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts updated to version 1.4.17Surf Captain now works on iPad and in landscape.
Made for bigger screens
• Full iPad and Android tablet support, with larger text, controls and charts instead of a stretched phone layout.
• Turn your tablet sideways to see your locations next to the full forecast. Tap a spot and its forecast loads on the right.
• Forecast details, buoy data, day reports, alerts, sign-in and account screens now fill the whole screen.
Landscape on phones, too
• Rotate your phone and the forecast, timeline, location pickers and settings adapt.
Nearby
• The map pins and forecast cards are sized for tablets, and the wind column is now labeled "Wind".
Fixes and polish
• The timeline marker now follows your finger accurately on wide screens.
• Signing out clears an old session so you won't be signed out again unexpectedly.
• Loading spinners are centered and scale with the screen.
• Messages are easier to read, centered and sized for the screen.
• A smoother blue launch screen on iOS and Android.… more - ✏️Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts: description updated· US, CA
- ✏️Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · US, CA
- ✏️Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts: renamedSurf Captain → Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts · US, CA
- 📦Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts updated to version 1.4.16Search for any spot by name, faster loading, and a short "Enjoying Surf Captain?" check-in so you can tell us what to improve.
- 📦Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts updated to version 1.4.15Performance updates and bug fixes.
- 📦Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts updated to version 1.4.14This version addresses bug fixes.
- 📈Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts entered the top 100Top Grossing · Weather · US
- 🆕Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts first spotted by AppInsider#71 in Top Grossing · Weather · Canada
- 📦Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts version 1.4.13Small performance updates in this release.
- 🆕Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.9 ★
1.2k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#172
Weather FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
280
▼ -47% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts on the App Store
App details
App ID
1566602258
Publisher
Weather Captain LLC
On the store since
Jul 2021
5 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.1+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
66 MB
Also listed in
Sports
Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: Ad-led
How Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 1 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | WeatherFree | #172 |
Apps near Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts on the chart
Weather Free, around #172.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
1.2k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.2k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
280
▼ -47% vs the 2 weeks before
Recent ratings
4.9★
vs 4.9★ lifetime
Review momentum
74/100
faster than 98% of Weather apps
New ratings by country (2)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 278 | 99% | ▼ -48% |
| Canada | 1.8 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts
Surf Forecasts Made Awesome!
Surf Captain gives you 16-day surf forecasts in an app that's fast and simple to read.
WHAT YOU GET
• 16-day surf forecast, so you can plan your surf week
• Surf height, swell, wind and tide together in one timeline
• Swell breakdown showing the individual swells behind the surf, with height, period and direction
• Favorites for the spots you check every day
• Surf alerts that notify you when a spot is forecast to hit the conditions you set
• Hundreds of locations across the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, with more regions on the way
FORECASTS BUILT FOR THE BREAK
Surf Captain doesn't just show open-ocean numbers. Our own wave model is tuned for each location, so the surf forecast reflects what reaches the beach: swell direction, wind, tide and nearby buoy data.
FREE AND PRO
The free app gives you the 5 day forecast for any spot. Surf Captain Pro unlocks the full 16 days, surf alerts and more for only $1.67 per month. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and you can manage them in your account settings.
Also works with your AI assistant: connect Surf Captain to Claude to ask about surf conditions in plain language.
Questions or feedback? Use Contact inside the app. We read everything.
Terms: https://surfcaptain.com/terms
Privacy: https://surfcaptain.com/privacy
Terms Of Use: https://surfcaptain.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://surfcaptain.com/privacy
Surf Captain gives you 16-day surf forecasts in an app that's fast and simple to read.
WHAT YOU GET
• 16-day surf forecast, so you can plan your surf week
• Surf height, swell, wind and tide together in one timeline
• Swell breakdown showing the individual swells behind the surf, with height, period and direction
• Favorites for the spots you check every day
• Surf alerts that notify you when a spot is forecast to hit the conditions you set
• Hundreds of locations across the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, with more regions on the way
FORECASTS BUILT FOR THE BREAK
Surf Captain doesn't just show open-ocean numbers. Our own wave model is tuned for each location, so the surf forecast reflects what reaches the beach: swell direction, wind, tide and nearby buoy data.
FREE AND PRO
The free app gives you the 5 day forecast for any spot. Surf Captain Pro unlocks the full 16 days, surf alerts and more for only $1.67 per month. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and you can manage them in your account settings.
Also works with your AI assistant: connect Surf Captain to Claude to ask about surf conditions in plain language.
Questions or feedback? Use Contact inside the app. We read everything.
Terms: https://surfcaptain.com/terms
Privacy: https://surfcaptain.com/privacy
Terms Of Use: https://surfcaptain.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://surfcaptain.com/privacy
Latest updates
1.4.19
Dark mode is here! Pick Light, Dark or System under Account > Appearance, and your choice follows you to the website.
The Tide Calendar is better too: tap any day to see sunrise and sunset and a tide chart you can drag your finger across to see the tide height at any time.
We also fixed the “Forecast Updated” message so it only appears when there is actually a new forecast.
1.4.17
Surf Captain now works on iPad and in landscape.
Made for bigger screens
• Full iPad and Android tablet support, with larger text, controls and charts instead of a stretched phone layout.
• Turn your tablet sideways to see your locations next to the full forecast. Tap a spot and its forecast loads on the right.
• Forecast details, buoy data, day reports, alerts, sign-in and account screens now fill the whole screen.
Landscape on phones, too
• Rotate your phone and the forecast, timeline, location pickers and settings adapt.
Nearby
• The map pins and forecast cards are sized for tablets, and the wind column is now labeled "Wind".
Fixes and polish
• The timeline marker now follows your finger accurately on wide screens.
• Signing out clears an old session so you won't be signed out again unexpectedly.
• Loading spinners are centered and scale with the screen.
• Messages are easier to read, centered and sized for the screen.
• A smoother blue launch screen on iOS and Android.
1.4.16
Search for any spot by name, faster loading, and a short "Enjoying Surf Captain?" check-in so you can tell us what to improve.
Store changes
What Surf Captain: Surf Forecasts changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
Description updated
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