Donation Progress
December 1, 2025
Donations rode the razor's edge in November, which makes December the month that decides whether my WaveCast report can keep going into the new year.
I'm thankful to everyone who's donated this year. Your help kept this report alive so far.
As you may recall, when Surfing and Surfer magazines shut down in 2019 and my report ended with them, I kept my WaveCast report going on my own, as long as donations covered the time it takes to track storms, analyze models, and write the forecasts. After 30 years of doing this, your donations are now what determines whether my WaveCast report continues.
For context, I ask for less than half of one percent of what some forecast sites pull in every year from subscriptions. While those operations pull in tens of millions of dollars a year, my entire monthly goal for 2025 is merely $2700 — just enough to justify the hours of work I put into each report.
Feeling the signs of age with my health issues a daily reminder of our limited time, I am forced to weigh whether I should spend my time tracking storms across the Pacific for surf, weather, and wind in SoCal, or whether my time and effort would be best spent elsewhere. Your donations are the deciding factor.
I would like to thank everyone who has donated to support this report. You are the reason this report continued and I can't thank you enough.
I'll post my next progress update after the first of January. Until then, I truly wish the best for all of you, and I hope that you too will decide to make the best use of your most valuable asset: Time.
