Terms of use
Frontside is a surf forecast you can use without an account, on frontside.live and through AI assistants.It is offered as it is: a forecast to help you choose where to surf, not a promise about the sea and not a safety service. By using it you accept the terms on this page.
The terms, in one table
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Frontside? | A forecast that rates and ranks surf breaks. It runs on frontside.live and as a connector for AI assistants. |
| Is the forecast a safety guarantee? | No. Conditions change faster than any forecast. Whether to go in the water is your decision and your responsibility. |
| May you use it? | Yes, for yourself: to read, to share a link, to ask about through an assistant. |
| What may you not do? | Collect the forecasts in bulk, resell them, overload the service, or present them as someone else's. |
| Who do you write to? | hello@frontside.live |
What is the forecast, and what is it not?
Frontside turns wave and weather data into a rating for each break and each part of the day. It is an estimate. It can be wrong, late or missing, and it knows nothing about currents, rocks, crowds, water quality, local rules or your own ability.
Frontside is provided as it is, without warranties of any kind. To the extent the law allows, Frontside is not liable for loss or injury that follows from relying on a forecast. Check the sea with your own eyes, and when in doubt stay out.
What may you do with it?
You may use Frontside for your own surfing and share its pages and links. You may connect an AI assistant to it and ask about any area it covers.
You may not copy the forecasts in bulk or by automated collection beyond what an assistant needs to answer a person, resell or republish them as a data product, try to get around the limits on how often the service can be called, or use it in a way that disrupts it for others. Access that does so may be limited or blocked.
What applies to the connector for AI assistants?
The connector at frontside.live/mcp gives read-only answers from the same forecast. It has no accounts and stores nothing about the person asking; the privacy page says exactly what is counted.
The assistant you use it through is a separate service with its own terms and privacy policy. Frontside is not responsible for what an assistant does with an answer or how it words it.
Whose data is it?
The ratings, rankings and text are Frontside's. The wave and weather data underneath them comes from Open-Meteo and is used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Frontside's name and logo are its own.
Can these terms change?
Yes. When they do, this page changes and the date at the top with it. Using Frontside after a change means accepting the new terms. Questions go to hello@frontside.live.
Common questions
Can I rely on Frontside to tell me the sea is safe?
No. Frontside rates surf quality. It is not a lifeguard, a warning service or a substitute for looking at the water and knowing your limits.
Can I build something on Frontside's forecasts?
Write to hello@frontside.live first. Personal use and use through an AI assistant are fine; collecting the forecasts in bulk or reselling them is not.
Do I need to credit anyone when I share a forecast?
A link to the Frontside page is enough. The underlying wave and weather data is Open-Meteo's, under CC BY 4.0, and Frontside credits it on its pages and in the connector's answers.
Last updated 2026-11-12.