# SurfStay

> Live surf spot conditions, hourly wave forecasts, tide data, and travel planning for the world's best surf destinations.

SurfStay is a free web app that helps surfers find the best time to surf, discover nearby surf spots, check real-time wave and weather conditions, and plan their surf trip — including accommodation, activities, and connectivity.

## Features

- **Surf Spot Search**: Search any coastal location worldwide to find nearby surf spots with live marine data.
- **Hourly Forecast**: Hour-by-hour wave height, swell period, wind speed/direction, and weather for today.
- **3-Day Surf Forecast**: Daily wave height range, swell, wind, temperature, and best surf windows for the next 3 days.
- **Best Time to Surf**: Automatic detection of the two best surfing windows each day — Dawn Patrol (morning) and Evening Glass (afternoon).
- **Real-Time Conditions**: Current wave height, swell period, swell direction, wind speed, temperature, water temperature, UV index, sunrise/sunset.
- **Tide Data**: Today's high and low tide times and heights for each surf spot.
- **Crowdsourced Wave Reports**: Community wave condition reports including crowd levels.
- **Activities**: Book surf lessons, water sports, food tours, day trips, and more via GetYourGuide and Klook.
- **Accommodation**: Find hotels, hostels, riads, and surf houses near your destination via Klook.
- **eSIM Data Plans**: Stay connected abroad with eSIM plans via Yesim.
- **Surf News**: Latest surf news and articles.
- **Interactive Map**: Leaflet-powered map showing all nearby surf spots.

## Popular Destinations

- Taghazout, Morocco — World-class right-hand point breaks & year-round sun
- Ericeira, Portugal — Europe's only World Surfing Reserve with diverse breaks
- Hossegor, France — Heavy beach breaks & home to WCT events
- Uluwatu, Bali — Iconic reef break with barrels & tropical vibes
- Gold Coast, Australia — Superbank & Snapper Rocks
- North Shore, Hawaii — Pipeline, Sunset, Backdoor

## Data Sources

- Wave & weather data: Open-Meteo API (free, open-source weather data)
- Surf spot discovery: Overpass API (OpenStreetMap)
- Geocoding: Nominatim (OpenStreetMap)
- Tide data: Open-Meteo Marine API

## Links

- Website: https://surf-stay.com
- Sitemap: https://surf-stay.com/sitemap.xml