SUSS / Crews
YOUR CREWS.
YOUR SESSION DATA.
Your surf crew. Your shared knowledge. Your call.
The people you paddle out with know your waves almost as well as you do. Bring your real-life surf crew together online, share the sessions you choose and make more informed calls on when and where to surf.
All without giving away your secret spots.
BETTER WAVES. TOGETHER.
Your Sessions. Your Choice. Your Crews.
01 / What is a Crew?
Your real-life Surf Mates.
Or Local Surf Community.
Online.
The original concept behind SUSS Crews was simple: to create an online version of the surfers you regularly share waves with.
Whether that's you and your best mate, your dawn-patrol regulars, or the familiar faces that appear at your local break whenever the waves turn on. The idea was allowing surfers to share session data, compare conditions, and help each other score better waves, more often.
Initially, Crews were designed around our own surfing habits and needs. But after chatting with some of SUSS's early adopters, we realised that surfers connect and share information in different ways. That led us to introduce two types of Crews: Public Crews and Private Crews.
Public Crews — Find Your Tribe
Public Crews were created with the wider surfing community in mind, particularly those starting their surfing journey or regularly surfing popular, well-known breaks like Big Bay and Muizenberg.
They offer an easy way to become part of a local surf community from day one. Surfers can connect with others, share session reports, learn from collective experiences, and potentially meet like-minded surfers of similar ability who are just as amped to get in the water.
It's about making surfing more accessible, building connections, and sharing the stoke.
Private Crews — Keep It Among Mates
Private Crews were designed with a slightly different surfer in mind.
More experienced surfers often have their favourite, lesser-known breaks and a close circle of mates they regularly surf with. While they're happy to share conditions, session data, and the odd epic find with their crew, they're understandably less enthusiastic about broadcasting that information to the wider surfing community.
Private Crews allow surfers to keep that information within a trusted circle, sharing valuable local knowledge and session experiences without exposing sensitive spots or attracting unwanted crowds.
It's the digital equivalent of giving your mates a heads-up when the waves are firing without telling the whole coastline.
02 / The power of sharing
More sessions.
More insight.
Better predictions.
Every surf tells you something about a break. Log what the waves actually did and compare it with the forecast for the same spot and time. When members choose to share, your Crew gains a richer history of real-world conditions, even on the days you weren't in the water.
Shared knowledge helps SUSS recognise useful patterns sooner and refine personalised predictions. Your own sessions and preferences still shape what counts as good surf for you.
You don't have to catch every wave to learn from it.
03 / Privacy first
Your sessions.
Your choice.
Every surf adds to your own personal surf diary.
Some sessions are worth sharing with your Crew. Others you might want to keep to yourself.
You choose which sessions to share and which Crew to share them with.
Joining a Crew doesn’t automatically share your personal surf history with anyone.
You choose to share a session or keep it personal.
04 / Find your people
Public or private.
Your call.
A public Crew is a great way to get started. Discover surfers around familiar breaks and explore the general conditions they share.
Or create a smaller, private Crew for your closest surfing mates.
Better waves. Together.
Your spots are yours to protect.
Bring your mates together. Share the stoke and the sessions you choose.
