# Gone Surfing Press Kit

> Machine-readable version of https://gonesurfing.app/press.html
> Last updated: 2026-08-26
> Assets and text on this page are free to use for editorial coverage.

Press contact: contact@swellsolutions.app (Darian Macharowski, developer)

## Quick facts

- App name: Gone Surfing (App Store listing name: "Surf Tracking: Gone Surfing")
- What it is: surf tracker and automatic wave counter for Apple Watch and iPhone
- Developer: Darian Macharowski, independent
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Platforms: iPhone (iOS 17+), Apple Watch (watchOS 10+), Apple Vision (visionOS 1.0+)
- Price: free to download, Pro subscription from $19.99 per year
- Current version: 2.1.7
- Download size: 50.3 MB
- Languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese, French
- Age rating: 4+
- App Store rating: 5.0 from 7 ratings, US App Store, checked 2026-08-26
- Usage: over 1,000,000 waves tracked in 2025
- Website: https://gonesurfing.app/
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6670191694?pt=126835441&ct=press&mt=8

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## Boilerplate

### One sentence

Gone Surfing is an Apple Watch surf tracker that counts every wave you ride and points you back toward the takeoff zone between sets.

### Short, about 50 words

Gone Surfing turns an Apple Watch into a surf tracker. It detects and counts every wave automatically, maps the session over satellite imagery, and points you back toward where the waves are breaking. Surfers tracked over 1,000,000 waves with it in 2025. Free on iPhone and Apple Watch, with an optional Pro subscription.

### Long, about 100 words

Gone Surfing is a surf tracker for Apple Watch and iPhone, built by Darian Macharowski, a surfer who writes code. Start it as you paddle out and it handles the rest: GPS and motion sensors detect each ride, count your waves, and measure paddle distance, strokes, heart rate and calories. Between sets, an arrow on the watch points back toward where the waves are breaking. Afterwards the session replays on a satellite map, wave by wave, with an AI recap and fitness trends that build across sessions. Surfers tracked over 1,000,000 waves with it in 2025. Free to download, Pro from $19.99 a year.

## What makes it different

1. Takeoff zone guidance. After a ride, the watch shows a live arrow pointing back toward the area where waves have been breaking. Other surf apps record the session and hand you the analysis afterwards.
2. Wave detection tuned for slow, small and short rides, not just the obvious ones. This is the feature reviewers mention most.
3. AI Surf Coach. A personalised recap after each session, built from wave count, timing between waves, positioning, paddling and heart rate.
4. Surf fitness analytics. Paddling efficiency in feet per stroke, heart rate zones, endurance and the surfing-to-paddling ratio, trended over time. Sessions save to Apple Health as workouts.

## Brand assets

All WebP. Free for editorial use. Email for a different crop, format or size.

- App icon, 400 x 400: https://gonesurfing.app/images/icon.webp
- Social card, 1200 x 630: https://gonesurfing.app/images/og-card-v2.webp

Screenshots, 460 x 997 each:

1. Track your surf. Surfer with watch, plus the 1,000,000 waves badge. https://gonesurfing.app/images/1.webp
2. Catch more waves. The takeoff arrow on the watch. Best single image if you use only one. https://gonesurfing.app/images/2.webp
3. Review your session. GPS wave map and session recap. https://gonesurfing.app/images/3.webp
4. Know your surf stats. Wave count, surfing ratio, speeds. https://gonesurfing.app/images/4.webp
5. Build your surf fitness. Calories, feet per stroke, heart rate zones, endurance. https://gonesurfing.app/images/5.webp
6. Review every wave. One wave in detail: distance, duration, speed. https://gonesurfing.app/images/6.webp
7. Know your rhythm. Time between waves, heart rate zones. https://gonesurfing.app/images/7.webp
8. Your surf at a glance. Home screen widget, last 30 days. https://gonesurfing.app/images/8.webp
9. Share your sessions. Shareable session card. https://gonesurfing.app/images/9.webp

## Colours

- Crimson: #b91d47
- Crimson light: #e04a72
- Crimson dark: #8f1636
- Ink: #12080d
- Off white: #f7eef2

## Using the name and the icon

- Write the app as "Gone Surfing", two words, both capitalised.
- Do not recolour, rotate, outline, add effects to, or redraw the icon. Leave clear space around it of at least a quarter of its width.
- Crop screenshots to fit, but do not edit the numbers inside them. Those are real session figures.
- Apple, Apple Watch, iPhone and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. Follow Apple's marketing guidelines for the App Store badge.
- Editorial use needs no permission. Advertising, bundles, or anything implying endorsement needs a request first.

## App Store reviews

Quoted exactly. Verify each on the linked storefront.

- Swell Shawn, US App Store, 2024-10-18, 5 stars: "Gone Surfing app has a nicely dialed sensitivity to track all my waves caught, and even inform me if I was in the takeoff zone!" https://apps.apple.com/us/app/surf-tracking-gone-surfing/id6670191694
- PG608, Australian App Store, 2024-09-17, 5 stars: "I love the 'in-water' features, showing you how you're doing, if I can push more or not, and how to get back to the peak!" https://apps.apple.com/au/app/surf-tracking-gone-surfing/id6670191694
- JoanGoMu, Spanish App Store, 2024-09-30, 5 stars: "It's helped me catch more waves and improve my paddling without overthinking it. Great for any surfer wanting to step up their game!" https://apps.apple.com/es/app/surf-tracking-gone-surfing/id6670191694

## Story angles

- Coaching in the water, not after it. Most fitness trackers are retrospective. The takeoff arrow tries to be useful during the session.
- Accuracy is the unglamorous feature that decides everything. A wave counter that misses a third of your waves is worse than none, because you trust the number.
- One surfer, no team. Built and maintained by one person who surfs. Battery behaviour tuned for a three-hour dawn patrol, no buttons to press with cold hands.

## More background

- Wave counting explained: https://gonesurfing.app/guides/wave-counter.html
- Positioning and takeoff zones: https://gonesurfing.app/guides/how-to-catch-more-waves.html
- AI surf coach: https://gonesurfing.app/guides/ai-surf-coach.html
- Apple Watch surf app comparison: https://gonesurfing.app/guides/best-apple-watch-surf-apps.html
- Site summary for agents: https://gonesurfing.app/llms.txt