Live Wind Data Policy

This policy applies when you register a weather station with Surfr — whether your station sends data to us, or you ask us to read it from a public source. It explains what we collect, where it is shown, how long we keep it, and how to stop it. You accept this policy when you register a station.

1. You must own the station

You may only register a station that you own, or one you are authorised to act for on behalf of its owner. Registering someone else's station without permission is not allowed, and we remove stations when ownership is disputed.

If your station is hosted on another network (for example a public station page on a manufacturer's site), you also confirm that sharing its data with us does not breach that provider's own terms. Some networks restrict how their data may be reused, and we cannot check every provider's licence on your behalf.

2. What we collect

• Measurements: wind speed, gust speed and wind direction, with the time of each reading.
• Station details: the name you choose, its position, sensor height, hardware description and the spot it serves.
• Contact details: your name, organisation, email, phone, website and address where you provide them.
• Consent record: the version of this policy you accepted, when, and the IP address the acceptance came from.

3. Where your data appears

Measurements and station details are public. They are shown on the Surfr live wind map, on spot pages, inside the Surfr apps and widgets, and may be provided to partners and through our APIs. Anyone can see them — not only people with a Surfr account. Your station name and position identify it publicly.

Your contact details are not published. We use them to reach you about the station — for example if it stops reporting or its readings look wrong.

4. How long we keep it

Wind observations are kept indefinitely as a historical wind record, including after a station is removed. Historical wind is what makes the record useful — riders compare conditions across seasons and years — so we do not delete past observations when a station leaves.

Contact details are kept only while your station is registered, and removed when it is deleted.

5. Accuracy

We publish your readings broadly as they arrive, and may apply calibration or quality checks, hide readings that look implausible, or suspend a station that reports bad data. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any station's data, and readings must not be relied on for safety-critical decisions.

6. Withdrawing

You can remove your station at any time from your account, or by contacting us. Removal stops new data being collected and published immediately. Observations already published remain part of the historical record, as described in section 4.

We may also remove a station ourselves — for example if it reports persistently bad data, if ownership is disputed, or if a source provider withdraws permission.

7. Attribution of third-party networks

Where wind data comes from a community or third-party network, we credit that network wherever the data is displayed, as their terms require.

8. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy in a way that alters what you agreed to, we will publish a new version and ask station owners to accept it. The version you accepted is recorded against your station.

9. Contact

Questions about your station or this policy? Reach us through our contact form.

See also our Privacy Policy and company details.