Magic Seaweed Swamis (2024)

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What happened with magicseaweed? ›

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.

Don't worry, your magicseaweed account has transferred to Surfline.

As of today, Magicseaweed — a surf forecasting platform cherished by many around the world — has passed on. Opening the App or visiting the website now pushes you to instead consult MSW's overlords at Surfline.

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

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.

All the best from MSW, now on 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.

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.

MagicSeaweed, My favourite App for weather forecasting and just as importantly, wave and swell prediction charts, has now sold out to a US surf App called Surfline.

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

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

In 2017, Surfline acquired Magicseaweed, a United Kingdom-based company founded in 2002 and focused on forecasting surf conditions in more than 200 countries. In 2017, Jeff Berg was appointed CEO, followed by Kyle Laughlin in 2020.

Who is the CEO of Magicseaweed? ›

Ben Freeston, the founder/CEO of Magicseaweed, is a real talent and I think he's going to add a lot of value across all the brands in several areas.

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.

magicseaweed.com's top 5 competitors in June 2024 are: surfline.com, swellinfo.com, eyeballhq.tv, surf-forecast.com, and more.

MSW, which was created in Kingsbridge, south Devon in 2002, was bought by Surfline in 2017. Ben Freeston, founder of MSW, told BBC News losing the name was "emotional", but he was "excited for the future". MSW provides forecasts at more than 4,500 beaches around the world with 2m users a month.

Not necessarily — it depends on where you plan to surf. High tides are great if you're headed towards a reef break. The only exception is if it's near a bluff, in which case the waves rarely break before hitting land. Conversely, medium to low tides are better if you're surfing near a beach break.

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