Donation Progress
August 1, 2026
Reader donations declined in July, falling below the level needed to keep WaveCast self-sustaining. Since my WaveCast report is funded by reader support, I'm asking for your help if you find this report valuable and you'd like it to continue. Here's where things currently stand.
I'm genuinely grateful to everyone who has supported WaveCast. Your donations are what make it possible for me to continue producing these reports. The recent drop in donations though means we're currently running in the red, making your support today more important than ever. Here's why.
When Surfing and Surfer magazines shut down in 2019, I made the decision to continue my WaveCast report independently — as long as it could sustain itself through reader support. For over 30 years, tracking storms and forecasting surf has been part of my daily life. Today, reader donations are the only thing keeping this report alive.
For context, my donation goal is less than 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 monthly goal for 2026 is merely $2800 — just enough to justify the hours of work I put into each report.
We all reach a point where we have to be protective of our time. With my health issues and the natural shift in priorities that come with age, I have to weigh where my energy goes. I want that to be here — tracking storms across the Pacific for surf, weather, and wind in SoCal. But that only makes sense if the report remains self-sustaining.
I would like to thank everyone who has donated to support this report. You are the reason this report has continued and I can't thank you enough.
I'll post my next progress update after the first of September. 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.
