Surfline is a company and website based in Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 189,992; making it the largest beach city in Orange County in terms of population...

 that specializes in surf forecasting

Surf forecasting

Surf forecasting is the process of using offshore swell data to predict onshore wave conditions. It is used by millions of people across the world, including professionals who put their forecasts online, meteorologists who work for news crews, and surfers all over the world...

 and surf reports, as well as editorial coverage of the sport of surfing

Surfing

Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

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History

Surfline was started by surfer and sailor Sean Collins

Sean Collins

Sean Collins may refer to:* Sean P. Collins , American ice hockey defenceman for the Washington Capitals* Sean Collins , retired American minor pro ice hockey forward* Sean Collins Sean Collins may refer to:* Sean P. Collins (born 1983), American ice hockey defenceman for the Washington Capitals*...

 in 1985, out of Collins' own desire for more accurate long-range surf forecasts for Southern California

Southern California

Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...

 and the Baja California peninsula

Baja California Peninsula

The Baja California peninsula , is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. Its land mass separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California. The Peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur in the south.The total area of the Baja California...

. The company started as a call-in service, which provided verbal condition reports for various surf breaks around Southern California. In 1995 Surfline became an online service, offering live video streams of surf breaks in addition to written surf reports.

At present, Surfline offers streaming cameras at 150 surf breaks, and is one of the larger surf cam websites. Surfline currently has approximately 50 employees.