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Live in Lisbon · Coming to Australia

G'day, Australia.
A Kiwi's doing your surf report.

Relax, it's the fruit. Tell Kiwi the waves you like, when you can surf and how far you'll drive, and you'll get the sessions that suit you every morning at 6am, from Snapper to Bells to Margs. Live in Lisbon today, Australia's next. No app needed.

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Sample
🔔 Your sessionSnapper Rocks 8/10
You told Kiwi
  • 🌊 3-5ft, waist to head
  • ⏰ Dawn, before work
  • 🚗 Up to 30 min from Burleigh
Hour by hour, Kirra
How's @Bondi at 5pm?
@ Break

Ten breaks on Kiwi's list for Australia

Snapper RocksKirraBurleigh HeadsThe PassLennox HeadNorth NarrabeenBondi BeachBells BeachWinkipopMargaret River

“Yes, I'm a Kiwi. No, I won't call it pumping when it's two foot and onshore.

Tell me the waves you like and I'll tell you when they turn up.”

KiwiForecaster, KiwiSurf

Meet Kiwi,
your 6am surf call.

Your whole coast in one message

At 6am Kiwi posts the best break first, then the rest of your coast: best window, wave face in feet, period, swell direction, wind in km/h, tide, and one plain line on who it's for.

KiwiSurf · Gold CoastTelegram · daily at 6am
Sample

🌊 Gold Coast surf · sample

🏆 Snapper Rocks Best today
Rating8/10
Window6-9am
Size3-4ft
Windoffshore SW 10 km/h

Then the rest of the coast:

  1. 2Kirrabest 7-9am7/10
  2. 3Burleigh Headsbest 6-8am6/10
Kiwi reckons
Go 6-9am, clean and head high, offshore SW (intermediate and up).
Swell
11 s from ESE (110°), tide mid rising
Light
4:56am to 6:03pm · air 24°C

Sample message with Australian breaks, to show the format. Not a forecast: forecasts for Australia start when Kiwi launches there.

Hour by hour, 1 to 5 kiwis

All your breaks on one grid. Every daylight hour gets 1 to 5 kiwis, and a frame marks each break's best window, so you can see the tide turn before you drive.

Ask in plain words

“How's Bondi at 5pm?” Kiwi answers from the same forecast data. Add it to your crew's group chat and say “kiwi” for a roll call.

Sample
How's Bondi at 5pm?
Kiwi1 kiwi at 5pm: small and blown out by the nor'easter, its best was 6-8am. Keen for a wave this arvo? North Narrabeen is 3 kiwis from 3 to 5.
Narrabeen it is 🤙

Where Kiwi posts

Telegram live in LisbonWhatsApp later

Go deeper when
the swell turns serious.

Four days, four wave models, one chart

The pro view lays out offshore swell with the spread of four wave models, surf at the break, period and direction, wind and gusts, and the tide, hour by hour for four days.

4 daysHour by hourfor every break
4 modelsWave forecastscorrected on buoys
10 breaksOwn rules eachswell window, wind, tide
KiwiSurf pro chart for Ericeira Coxos, Portugal: swell, surf, period, wind and tide over four days

The real pro chart for Ericeira Coxos, Portugal, on 29 Oct 2026. Charts for Australian breaks will look the same, in feet and km/h.

Tell Kiwi how you surf

Your level, days, time of day, wave size and type, where you start and how far you'll drive, then your favourite breaks from photos. Alerts fire only for sessions that suit you on every count, up to 3 days ahead, one a day at most.

How big do you like it? Tap all that fit.

Your coast on one map

Swell and wind over the sea, with every break's rating on the coastline. Ask for any hour of the day.

KiwiSurf swell and wind map of the Lisbon coast at 9am

Lisbon's real map at 9am. Your coast's map comes with the launch.

How Kiwi keeps score

“Kiwi's numbers are proven in Lisbon, on 30 days the model never trained on.

For Australia we'll publish ours only after the same test on local data.”

Our ruleNo borrowed numbers from another coast

A forecast that
keeps score.

Every forecast checked against the buoys

In Lisbon, every morning at 9:30 Kiwi scores the day before against wave buoys and airport weather stations, and keeps a rolling 7, 30 and 60-day record. Australia gets the same scoreboard, checked against public wave buoys.

Scoreboard · AustraliaOpens after 30 scored days
Wave height error—after launch
Wind speed error—after launch
Wave period error—after launch
Days scored0after launch

Day 0 of 30

Mean absolute error against raw Open-Meteo, the same test as in Lisbon. Until Kiwi has 30 scored days here, this board stays empty, and when the numbers come in we'll show the bad weeks too.

Learns from your 👍 and 👎

Surfed today? Reply with the break and a thumb. One vote per break per day. After 50 votes Kiwi re-fits how much wind, period, direction and tide count, and a human approves before anything changes.

How a spot's rating is weighed in Lisbon today
Wind45%
Period25%
Direction15%
Tide15%
Snapper 👍Bondi 👎re-fit at 50 votes

Retrains every Sunday, keeps the winner

A challenger model trains on the newest buoy data each week. It goes live only if it is at least 2% better overall and never more than 5% worse at any buoy.

Kiwi's log › The plan for Australia
Train the correction on past forecasts against local data
Score 30 days it never trained on, then publish the result here

Then

AEvery Sunday retrain on the newest week of data

Ten breaks, from Snapper
to Margs

Gold Coast, QLD

Snapper Rocks

The top of the Superbank: a long, fast right point that runs toward Rainbow Bay and Greenmount. Best on an east to south-east swell.

Level
Intermediate and up
Best
E-SE swell, S-SW wind
Watch for
Crowds, the sweep along the point
Gold Coast, QLD

Kirra

One of the world's great right-hand barrels when the sand lines up. Needs a solid east to south-east swell and a south-west wind.

Level
Advanced
Best
Solid E-SE swell, SW wind
Watch for
Strong sweep, heavy crowds
Gold Coast, QLD

Burleigh Heads

A right point barrel under the national park headland. Best on a solid south-east to east swell with a south-westerly.

Level
Advanced
Best
SE-E swell, S-SW wind
Watch for
Rocks at the point, strong sweep
Byron Bay, NSW

The Pass

A long, gentle right point under Cape Byron, made for longboards. Best on an east to north-east swell with a southerly.

Level
All levels
Best
E-NE swell, S wind
Watch for
Crowds, rocks at the point
Northern Rivers, NSW

Lennox Head

A powerful right point over boulders below the headland. Comes alive on a solid south to south-east swell with a south-westerly.

Level
Advanced
Best
S-SE swell, SW wind
Watch for
Boulder entry, strong sweep
Northern Beaches, Sydney

North Narrabeen

A punchy left off the lagoon mouth, home of a long line of Sydney's best surfers. Best on an east to north-east swell with a westerly.

Level
Intermediate and up
Best
E-NE swell, W-NW wind
Watch for
Lagoon rip, locals
Eastern Suburbs, Sydney

Bondi Beach

Australia's most famous beach: peaks along the sand, best at the south end on an east swell. Offshore in a westerly, crowded always.

Level
All levels
Best
E-SE swell, W wind
Watch for
The Backpackers' Express rip, crowds
Surf Coast, VIC

Bells Beach

Home of the world's longest-running pro surf contest: long right walls off the reef below the cliffs. Wakes up on a big south-west swell with a north-westerly.

Level
Advanced
Best
SW swell, NW wind
Watch for
Cold water, big sets, reef
Surf Coast, VIC

Winkipop

Bells' faster neighbour: a long, racy right over reef. Best on a south-west swell with a north-westerly.

Level
Advanced
Best
SW swell, NW wind
Watch for
Rocky entry, locals
Main Break, Prevelly, WA

Margaret River

Heavy lefts and rights over reef that soak up Indian Ocean power. Handles big south-west swells, offshore in an easterly.

Level
Experts
Best
SW swell, E wind
Watch for
Size, reef, rips

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How Kiwi will make the call

4 modelsOpen-Meteo × local buoys

Four wave models, corrected on buoys

Open-Meteo's four wave models, bias-corrected by a model trained on past forecasts against local buoys: the method that runs in Lisbon today.
10 breaksOwn rules each

Rules for every break

Each break gets its own swell window, offshore wind, ideal size and tide from public surf guides, then a rating from 1 to 10.
3 daysAlerts ahead

Pinged before the good days

Kiwi looks 3 days ahead and messages you when a session fits your waves, your time of day and your breaks. One alert a day at most.

Frequently asked questions

Don't see your question? Get in touch

Is KiwiSurf live in Australia?

Not yet. Today Kiwi forecasts ten spots around Lisbon, Portugal. Australia is next on the list: join the waitlist and we'll email you once, when your coast opens.

Why is a Kiwi doing Australian surf reports?

Because it's a fruit. A plush one. It has no opinion on the rugby.

Which breaks will it cover?

We're starting with Snapper Rocks, Kirra and Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast; The Pass and Lennox Head in the Northern Rivers; North Narrabeen and Bondi in Sydney; Bells Beach and Winkipop on the Surf Coast; and Margaret River in WA. Tell us your area on the waitlist so we know where to add more.

When does the forecast arrive?

Every day at 6am your time, Perth included. Each message ends with the best break for each of the next three days.

Feet or metres?

Wave faces in feet, same as the local surf reports. Wind in km/h, temperatures in °C.

How does the 1 to 5 kiwi rating work?

Each break gets a score from 1 to 10 for size, wind, period, swell direction and tide. In the graphics that score becomes 1 to 5 kiwis: 1 kiwi is poor, 5 kiwis is firing.

How accurate will it be?

We don't know yet, and we won't guess. In Lisbon the forecast is scored every morning against buoys, on days the model never trained on. Australia gets the same test, and we'll publish the numbers only after 30 scored days, bad weeks included.

How does Kiwi know what I like?

You tell it once, in a few taps: your level, which days and times you can surf, the wave size and type you like, where you start and how far you'll drive, and your favourite breaks, picked from photos. Kiwi then alerts you only for sessions that suit you, up to 3 days ahead, one alert a day at most.

Do I need to install an app?

No. Kiwi lives in Telegram. WhatsApp comes later.

What will it cost?

At launch, paid plans may include a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, and you'll see the price before you pay anything. Joining the waitlist is free.

Where will the data come from?

Open-Meteo wave and weather models (CC BY 4.0), corrected against public buoys where they exist, plus airport weather reports (METAR). Surf at your own risk.

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