About Strike Mission
Built by surfers, for surfers who hate flat days
Barrel Daithwaite
Founder & Chief Wave Hunter
Look, I've spent more time refreshing forecast tabs than I care to admit. Stormglass, Surfline, Magic Seaweed, random buoy data at 3am—you name it, I've had it open in 47 browser tabs while trying to figure out if that swell hitting Fiji next week is actually worth the credit card damage.
The thing is, most forecasts give you numbers. Great. Cool. But what do those numbers mean for a specific spot? Is 6ft at 12 seconds from the south gonna be epic at one break and a complete closeout disaster at another? (Spoiler: yes.)
Strike Mission was born from equal parts frustration and an unhealthy obsession with wave mechanics. I wanted one number that actually tells me: "Yo, this spot is going to be firing on Tuesday—book the flight."
So I built it. Direction windows, size sweet spots, period thresholds, wind angles, even that sneaky morning sickness from days of onshore chop—it's all baked into the Strike Score. No more mental gymnastics at midnight. Just one number, one decision.
The Philosophy
Data over vibes
We pull from multiple forecast models and real-time buoy networks. Not because it's fancy—because single-source forecasts miss things. The ocean doesn't lie, so we cross-reference until the numbers agree.
Spots are individuals
A southwest swell that makes one reef sing will completely miss another. Every spot in our database has hand-tuned direction windows, size limits, and wind angles. No generic algorithms. Just decades of collective wave knowledge encoded into math.
Confidence matters
A 10-day forecast isn't the same as tomorrow's. Our scores decay with forecast distance because we'd rather undersell than have you book flights for a swell that evaporates. Trust is earned, not assumed.
Why I Built This
I've been on too many trips where the swell window shifted 24 hours and I spent a week watching ankle-slappers. I've also had those magic sessions where everything aligned—the ones where you paddle back out with shaking arms because you just can't stop.
Strike Mission exists to maximize the second kind and minimize the first. It won't make every trip perfect—the ocean still does whatever it wants—but it'll give you the best possible read on what's coming and where it'll be good.
Now stop reading and go check the forecast. There might be waves.