Surf2Phone News and Updates! - Free daily text message surf report to your cell phone

Surf2Phone is shutting Down

2012-01-21T20:29:16Z

Well it's been almost 6 years that Surf2Phone has been delivering text message surf reports. I haven't really touched the site in a while and it's been pretty much on auto-pilot for a few years now however the time has come to shut her down.

I've turned off the messaging as of today and I'm disabling signups.

I wanted to thank all the people who used the service over the years.

Best,

Courtney

Surf is small and it's kinda windy vid + pic

2009-04-01T15:19:55Z

The surf looks kinda small today and the wind is giving the water a little texture. I did see a few surfers out there this morning but not too many.

The funny thing is that there are some baby dolphins that are out having a good time and they don't seem to mind that the surf is kinda crappy;)

VIDEO

PIC

Surf looks super fun today - pics + video

2009-03-25T16:11:02Z

I just went and checked it and the surf looks great today! There are a lot of people out and the waves seem pretty fun and consistent. Should be lots of fun waves to ride out there today.

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PICS:

Super Windy - Great for kite boarding

2009-03-23T22:23:48Z

The wind is howling today... great for kite boarding.

Take a look:

Gray Day

2009-03-20T20:56:02Z

It's kinda gray and mushy out there today. There is also a little wind so there is a little chop going on... not much in the way of rideable waves although you may be able to pull it off on a longboard ;)

Here is a pic of Crystal Pier:

This is a shot of Termo:

All Blown out

2009-03-12T22:12:24Z

Today I went to check the surf and the wind was howling! Not much out there today to ride.

Here are some picks I took at 11am this morning check out the flag on the lifeguard tower...

Pics of the Crystal Pier Surf in Pacific Beach

2009-03-05T22:17:51Z

Here are some pics I snapped off today here at Crystal Pier. The surf actually looked decent. Not always the most rideable waves but some weren't half bad.

Should be some fun ones out there today.

Courtney

Surf2Phone has added some new spots

2009-03-03T05:08:53Z

Well it took me a while but I finally added some more spots for Surf2Phone!

Surf2Phone now provides Text message surf reports for the following spots:

Orange County - Seal Beach
Orange County - Surfside
Orange County - Anderson Street
Orange County - Bolsa Chica
Orange County - Golden West, HB
Orange County - 17th Street, HB
Orange County - HB Pier, Northside
Orange County - Huntington Beach
Orange County - 56th St
Orange County - 40th St Newport Northside
Orange County - 36th St Newport Southside
Orange County - Newport Pier
Orange County - Newport Harbor/Wedge
Orange County - Salt Creek
Orange County - Doheny
Orange County - San Clemente
Orange County - Trestles
Orange County - San Onofre
Los Angeles County - County Line
Los Angeles County - Zuma Beach
Los Angeles County - Malibu
Los Angeles County - Topanga Point
Los Angeles County - Venice Beach
Los Angeles County - El Porto
Los Angeles County - Manhattan Beach
Los Angeles County - Torrance/Haggerty's
Ventura County - Ventura Point
Santa Barbara County - Rincon

Note: if you don't see your spot pick but you surf in the area pick a spot close to you most of the reports are simillar.

New Blog! - First Post and a little history on Surf2Phone.com

2009-02-22T01:37:24Z

Hello guys,

My name is Courtney and I am the creator of Surf2Phone.com - a site that provides a free daily text message surf report for San Diego. First off let me say that it has been a long time since I touched Surf2Phone;)

I intend to use use this blog to keep people up to date with new features and I am going to make announcements here whenever I am able to add new reports.

I started this site back in 2006 and originally it was a pay service. Back then I had a hard time getting people to sign up and text messaging was expensive (still is) so after a few months of racking up some serious text messaging bills I converted the messaging system to use email as a delivery mechanism and offered it as a free service.

The problem with delivering text messages by email is that some times the messages get held up for a little bit and they take a little longer to get there. I guess since it's free I can't complain but it does cause some registration headaches for new users because sometimes the activation message takes a few minutes to hit the cell phone.

Well like I said before It's been a long time since I have worked on Surf2Phone. I am a software developer by trade and for a while I was coding all the time and working crazy hours and to make a long story short I burnt out. Since Surf2Phone doesn't make any money I had put it on the back burner. To this day I read every single support email that comes to the site, however I apologize because I haven't replied to all of them.

A lot has happened since I first launched Surf2Phone, I sold the mobile marketing machine, I traveled the world for almost a year with my wife, I started a company with my friends and I had a lot of fun. At the end of the day I always wanted to come back to Surf2Phone and make it a better service.

The number one request I get (besides STOP sending me TEXT MESSAGES!!!) is to add more spots. So over the next few weeks and months I am going to work to improve Surf2Phone and expand the coverage to as many surf spots as I can find.

One final note. One of the major reasons that I am focusing some energy on the site is because of the users. I thought if I neglected the site no one would sign up and eventually I would just be able to take the site down quietly. Good plan in theory and it would have worked except for the fact that over the years more and more people keep signing up to receive their free text message surf report. I don't have a ton of users in my database but I do have more then when I started and the number always seems to keep increasing. I guess that means that some people must like the service.

Any way stay posted cause there will be more announcements here on the blog shortly and I am going to do my best to make something out of this site.

If you like the service feel free to post a comment and let me know.

Thanks,
Courtney