Session log
Date, spot, conditions, board, fins, wetsuit, photos, notes. As much or as little as you
want — the form is short on purpose.
Surf log · iOS
Remember the good ones.
Swellbook is a surf journal for the sessions you actually want to keep. Not a coaching app. Not a leaderboard. Just a quiet record of where you were, what you rode, and how it went.
Free. Local-only. No account. iOS 17+.
What it is
Open the app after a session, drop in the spot, the board, a couple of photos, and how it felt. That's it. Over a season it adds up to something worth scrolling back through.
The map
Every spot you've ridden, on one map.
Tap to drop a new break. Tap an existing pin to log a session there. Filter to your home region or a trip you took last winter. The map is the centre of Swellbook — sessions link to spots, spots stay where you left them, and your map fills in over the years like a logbook you can actually see.
- Drop a pin from your current location, or place one anywhere on the map
- Each spot keeps its own session count, photos, and notes
- Filter by region, board, or whether you've actually surfed it
- Built on MapKit — fast, native, and offline-friendly when you've loaded the area
Camper Mode
For the trips that live in a van.
Toggle Camper Mode on and every spot gains a second layer — the stuff that actually matters when you're sleeping next to the break. Whether camping is allowed. Where to park. Toilets, showers, fresh water, distance to the line-up. Built for people who plan their season around where they can wake up.
- Camping allowed?
- Parking notes
- Showers / fresh water
- Toilets
- Distance to the break
- Off by default — turn on in Settings → General
The rest of it
Small details, sweated. None of them required to log a session.
Your quiver
Boards, fins, wetsuits — track what you actually use. See which board logs the most days
each year.
Stats that mean something
Your year at a glance: sessions, spots, boards, where you went. No streak shaming, no
score.
Photos in context
Pull from your library, drop them on the session. Swellbook stores them itself, so they
stay tied to the day even if your camera roll moves on.
Wishlist
Spots you haven't ridden yet, boards you've been eyeing. Auto-checks off when you log the
matching session.
Yours, on your phone
Local-only. No sign-in, no server, nothing leaving your device. Backup with one tap if you
want to move to a new phone.
Get Swellbook
Free, no account, no ads. If you've had even a single day worth remembering, that's the one to start with.