Who it is for
Swimmers, surfers and van travellers comparing conditions at several water spots before picking one.
BeachFinder
Compare swimming spots and current water conditions
Overview
What BeachFinder does
BeachFinder indexes 184,900 places to swim, including beaches, lakes and other bathing sites. A search starts from a city, and results can be ranked against a chosen use: family swimming, warm water, calm wind, surf, snorkelling, whitewater or vanlife.
For the top results it pulls live conditions, among them water temperature, wind, UV, weather and wave signals for planning. Localised guides, activity providers with sources attached, and an anonymised aggregate of community reports also appear. Results link out to getbeachfinder.com.
Every tool is read-only, and none of them will call a spot safe to swim. That call rests with lifeguards, posted flags, official closures and local authorities.
What stands out
It declines to make a safety judgement, presenting conditions data and deferring to lifeguards and official notices.
Availability
Where BeachFinder is listed
BeachFinder is listed in the ChatGPT apps directory only. BeachFinder has no connector under the same domain in the Claude directory; 392 of the 3,150 products here are on both marketplaces, and this is not one of them.
ChatGPT apps are built on MCP, and the same server can back a Claude connector, so the absence is a distribution decision rather than a technical one.
ChatGPT listing
In the ChatGPT apps directory
- Developer
- BeachFinder
- Filed under
- Travel
- Listed since
- July 2026
- Authentication
- Authenticates when installed
- Website
- getbeachfinder.com
- Policies published
- Privacy policy · Terms of service
- Official listing
- Open in ChatGPT
- Snapshot
- August 2026
Named skills
BeachFinder declares 1 named skill, which puts it in the 6.7% of ChatGPT-listed apps that do.
- find-beaches-and-water-activities
Example prompts from the listing
- Find calm, low-wind beaches near Nice today and compare current conditions.
- Compare three beaches near Miami for warm water, wind, UV and family suitability.
- My surfboard has a ding. Explain what to check and find relevant surf shops near Honolulu.
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This is an independent catalogue entry compiled by Node8 from BeachFinder's public marketplace listing as it stood in August 2026. Listing facts come from the marketplaces; the comparisons against the rest of the directory and any live-endpoint measurements are Node8's. Node8 is not affiliated with BeachFinder, and inclusion here is not an endorsement.
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