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Did Surfline buy MagicSeaweed? ›

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.

The surf forecast is 1+ ft and choppy w/ sideshore current right now for Wrightsville Beach, NC.

C-Street. On Columbia street, this spot is located in the middle of the Wrightsville Beach strip. C-Street is probably tied with Crystal Pier as the most popular spots to surf here.

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.

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. We originally broke the news and had a chat with the founder here.

The Outer Banks of North Carolina have the largest waves on the East Coast of the United States, a reputation known well by surfers the world over.

Wrightsville Beach sea water temperatures peak in the range 27 to 29°C (81 to 84°F) on around the 20th of July and are at their coldest on about the 15th of February, in the range 18 to 22°C (64 to 72°F). Year round warm sea water temperatures at Wrightsville Beach climb to their warmest in mid to late July.

Totally! Of all the great beaches in SC, none is better for surfing than Folly Beach, a natural barrier island just eight miles from Charleston. It lays claim to some of the biggest and most bodacious swells on the East Coast.

Although it was also known as Ocean View Beach, in 1899 it was incorporated as Wrightsville Beach.

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Can I drink on Wrightsville Beach? ›

Alcohol consumption and open containers of alcohol are not allowed year-round on the beaches year-round.

Shorter interval swells in the eight to twelve second band are generally conducive to good beachbreak surf. Photo: Bouma. So, getting back to the question; when asking what's better; long periods or shorter ones, it depends on what kind of waves you are looking for.

The longer the swell period, the better and more powerful the waves, and you generally want to look for swell periods at or over 8-10 seconds for the highest quality waves.

Off shore winds are the best kind of wind to have when surfing next to no wind of course. Off shore winds blow from land into the water creating very smooth and well groomed waves that can typically take a barrel shape. Off shore winds can be a problem when blowing to hard though.

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.

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.

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

Magicseaweed has joined Surfline and is no longer being supported.