Magic Seaweed has joined forces with Surfline (2024)

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Magic Seaweed has joined forces with 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.

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.

In March 2000, Surfline was acquired by surf website Swell.com.

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.

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

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, 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.

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.

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.

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

What happened to the Magic Seaweed surf Report? ›

Magicseaweed has joined Surfline and is no longer being supported.

If you're looking at Magicseaweed, you'll see they give the swell a rating out of 5. This refers to the quality of the waves (so 1 star would theoretically mean really poor conditions, while 5 stars would mean epic waves).

Seaweed is an alternative source of protein, and it has gained enormous popularity in recent years. Seaweed is said to meet the specifications of replacing animal products.

Surfline memberships automatically renew and you will be charged the selected membership price (exclusive of taxes) annually or monthly depending on the plan selected. By starting a trial or membership, you agree to recurring charges. Cancel or downgrade your membership anytime in Account Settings.

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

Ryan Anderson, Ben Freeston, and Nicholas Lott are the founders of Magicseaweed.

Swell is energy that has been transferred into the sea by wind. The longer and stronger the wind blows (like a hurricane) the more energy that is transferred and so larger the swell. This energy then propagates from where it is created out into the ocean, much like ripples in a pond.