Donation Progress
October 1, 2025
Donations increased enough in September to bring the donation goal out of negative territory, but barely:
There's still a few more months to go, so with donations on the razor's edge I need to ask that if you haven't donated yet this year, then please consider doing so now, and here's why:
As you may recall, when Surfing and then Surfer magazines — who used to pay me for this report — closed at the end of 2019, I asked readers like you if this report should continue. I've been doing this report for 30 years and I wanted to make sure it still had value. Even with my health issues preventing me from surfing, I kept this report alive from reader donations with the donation goal just enough to make it worth my time. Once that is no longer the case then this report will sunset. In other words, if you want this report to continue then please donate — not donating signals to me that it's time to end this report.
Please bear in mind that I ask for less than 0.5% of what some forecast sites pull in every year from required subscriptions. While some bigger forecasting sites rake-in tens of millions of dollars, my ask is a mere drop in the bucket, just $2700 per month in 2025, which barely compensates me for my time and effort.
Feeling the obvious signs of age with my health issues a reminder of our limited time, I am constantly forced to weigh whether I should spend my time tracking storms across the Pacific and calculate each and every one for surf, weather, and wind in SoCal, or whether my time and effort would be best spent elsewhere. Your donations are the deciding factor on this.
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. For those who don't donate, you are the reason this report could end.
I'll post my next progress update after the first of November. 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.
