SURPhDx
It tells you the best spots on the panhandle to drop a line real-time.
Open surph-dx.vercel.app ↗“Did you finish daddy’s app yet?”
Why I started
It was a birthday present for DP, who loves fishing and always checks 10+ websites to decide where he’s going to drive to, because the coast is at least an hour away.
Who it’s for
Any surf fisher.
Odd facts
PhD is a play on doctor, replacing the F in surf; Dx for diagnosis/decision.
DP tried it and used it for much of the season.
15 data sources.
The small AI summary used more tokens than I estimated, and I wasn’t in the mood to investigate and refine, so it got dropped.
What it taught me
How easy it was to build useful software. My professional work is much more complex and slower to materialize.
What’s next
Following the recommendation of AI and adding the feeding stats really made it wonky; I’ve been meaning to drop them.
Built with
Next.js·Vercel·NOAA tide, buoy, and weather data
Built and deployed in under 48 hours with Opus.
Made possible by:
CamOpus 4.6