Magic Seaweed has joined forces with Surfline (2025)

FAQs

Is Magic Seaweed acquired by Surfline? ›

Magicseaweed has officially joined Surfline, bringing together the world's best surf forecasting websites. As part of this, we've now brought over a bunch of features on Surfline that will look and feel similar to MSW.

Magicseaweed has joined the Surfline family.

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.

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.

Surfline has acquired Magic Seaweed and will offer 5 days of forecast data for folks who do not want a premium account. (~$100/yr) Magic Seaweed was free and more accurate for my favorite spots so I will look for new forecast sites.

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.

Sargassum is once again drifting toward South Florida's beaches. Patches of the thick seaweed have a combined weight of more than 6 1/2 metric tons. That's a lot of seaweed. Researchers are trying to predict which beaches it could hit.

Surfline is a company and website based in Huntington Beach, California that specializes in surf forecasting and surf reports, live webcasting, photography, videography, as well as editorial coverage of the sport of surfing.

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

The device you're wearing records data that is then analysed to identify rides. That information is then used to download your clips from the webcam. All waves ridden (or attempted) within view of a Surfline cam will be compiled into Sessions clips and automatically uploaded to your Surfline app on your iPhone.

Why is seaweed trending? ›

Greater familiarity with seaweed thanks to the popularity of sushi and other Asian food traditions helps, as does social media – TikToker Emily Mariko's salmon bowls, which she tops with crumbled nori, regularly went super viral in 2022. But perhaps the most impactful influence is social consciousness.

The Magicseaweed app provides surf forecasts for users based on their location and desired information. The forecast includes the best beach to go at, how big the waves are (height), what time of day is good for surfing, wind speeds in different directions, etc.

Surfline has acquired surf forecasting competitor Magicseaweed, the company announced this morning.

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

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.

Riding the Dot-Com Wave

Rapid traffic growth led to Surfline's acquisition by Swell, Bluetorch, and Hardcloud. With new access to growth capital, Surfline invested in editorial staff and expanded into a news source for its readers and customers.

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

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.

Surfline is a company and website based in Huntington Beach, California that specializes in surf forecasting and surf reports, live webcasting, photography, videography, as well as editorial coverage of the sport of surfing.