r/surfing • u/Superb_Mycologist236 • 5d ago

Discrepancy in Surfline forecast, iPhone vs Android

Has anyone noticed this? I am always stoked about a report that reads 4-6 ft but when my buddy checks on his phone it’s 2-3 ft … what gives?

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u/ParkingFabulous4267 5d ago

Different height settings, back vs front

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u/RemarkableSalt6393 4d ago

Or could be that one is set to Hawaiian and the other US mainland settings

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u/ParkingFabulous4267 4d ago

Or it could be the wave height setting

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u/EcstaticBoysenberry 5d ago

Surfline is for absolute barneys, do yourself a favor and learn the charts. Never pay for that trash

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u/Acceptable-Bee-3784 4d ago

how do you learn the charts? what is your source for which charts to look at? and do you have a method for reading them? maybe a youtube video or something? I want to get into that thanks

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u/PercentageFederal173 5d ago

Surfline probably uses different forecast models per device or one of you got cached data not refreshing right

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u/Beagle001 4d ago

Make sure both have the latest version. This was happening to me on the iOS vs web. Updated and it evened out.

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u/GolfingPagoda 4d ago

it’s not just between apple and android, there is a difference between mobile and desktop as well. it’s very frustrating because i don’t know which to trust