About Beach Watch

Track changes in beach flags and conditions reported by official sources, with optional alerts when something updates. For informational reference only — not a substitute for the flag flying at the lifeguard tower.

What it does

Beach Watch consolidates beach flag and water condition data from city lifeguard departments, the National Weather Service, and county ocean rescue agencies into one place. Instead of bookmarking multiple government websites and refreshing each one before heading to the beach, you check Beach Watch and see everything at a glance.

Current beaches we monitor

More beaches are coming. If there's a beach you'd like added, let us know.

Deerfield Beach — City lifeguard Survey123 reports
Delray Beach — City of Delray Beach
Fort Lauderdale Beach — City of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
Hollywood Beach — City of Hollywood Fire Rescue (via the city-endorsed safebeachday.com page)
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea — NWS Surf Forecast (Coastal Broward zone)
Miami Beach — Miami Beach Ocean Rescue + NWS supplement
Naples Beach — Visit Naples beach score (Gulf Coast)
Palm Beach County (North & South) — county ocean rescue
Pompano Beach — City of Pompano Beach Ocean Rescue

How it works

A background process scrapes each beach's official source roughly every hour. When a flag color or rip current risk changes, anyone subscribed to that beach gets an email or push notification. You can also schedule daily “morning briefing” alerts at fixed times.

Some sources publish data in friendly tables; others bury it in dynamic dashboards. For the harder ones we use AI-powered text and image extraction (Claude Haiku) to read the page the way a human would. The AI never sees user data — it only reads public beach condition pages.

Notification options

Push notifications — install Beach Watch as an app on your phone for instant alerts when conditions change.
Email alerts — full-detail emails sent on any flag change or at your chosen daily times.
SMS — not available at this time.

Important disclaimer

Beach Watch is a convenience tool, not an official safety source. Conditions change quickly. Always look at the physical flag posted at the lifeguard tower, talk to a lifeguard, and consult the official source for the beach you're visiting before entering the water.

Using Beach Watch safely

Think of Beach Watch as one layer in a complete beach-safety routine, not a replacement for any of the others. Before you or anyone in your group enters the water:

Check the flag at the lifeguard tower. The physical flag flying at the tower is the current, authoritative call for that beach — it always overrides what you see in the app.
Talk to a lifeguard if you’re unsure about conditions, rip currents, or your own swimming ability — they give you beach-specific advice a website can’t.
Watch children continuously. Drowning is fast and silent. Stay within arm’s reach of young children in the water, even in shallow surf.
Never swim alone, at night, or after drinking. A buddy and daylight are the two most reliable safety tools you have.
Know how to escape a rip current. Swim parallel to shore until you’re out of the current, then angle back in — don’t fight it head-on.

For a plain-English breakdown of Florida flag colors, rip-current survival, and what each warning actually means, see our Beach Safety Guide.

Actively maintained

Beach Watch is developed and maintained by Vero Apps AI Inc. We regularly update our data sources, add new beaches based on user requests, and fix issues as they’re reported. If a flag looks wrong, a beach is missing, or the app is behaving strangely, please let us know — real reports from real users are how the app improves.

Who runs Beach Watch

Beach Watch is operated by Vero Apps AI Inc., a corporation registered in Ontario, Canada. Vero Apps AI Inc. is responsible for the operation of the service and is the contracting party named in our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Contact

Questions, beach requests, or bug reports: info@beachwatch.veroapps.ai