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Disclaimer

ShoreScore is provided by ShoreScore LLC for general informational purposes only. The ShoreScore, Best Window, Current Sky, and all conditions shown (including weather, rain, clouds, temperature, water quality, seaweed, and storm information) are estimates compiled from third-party data and may be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, or unavailable.

Do not rely on ShoreScore for safety, health, or emergency decisions. It is not a substitute for official sources or professional judgment. Before entering the water or planning around weather, check authoritative sources such as the National Weather Service, local lifeguards and authorities, and the Florida Department of Health's water quality advisories. Ocean conditions, rip currents, lightning, and water contamination can change rapidly and may not be reflected here.

The Beachgoer Score and any beachgoer-submitted input are unverified and reflect the opinions of other users, not ShoreScore LLC. You use ShoreScore and act on its information entirely at your own risk.

Terms of Use

By accessing or using ShoreScore you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

Use of the service

ShoreScore LLC grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use ShoreScore for your own non-commercial use. You agree not to: scrape, harvest, or bulk-download data; access the service through automated means or at a volume that burdens our infrastructure; interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the service; or manipulate, inflate, or falsify beachgoer votes or other content.

No warranty

ShoreScore is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or uninterrupted availability, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, ShoreScore LLC and its members will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for any injury, loss, or damage arising from your use of (or inability to use) ShoreScore or from reliance on any information it provides.

Changes and governing law

We may modify or discontinue the service or these Terms at any time; continued use means you accept the changes. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.

Privacy Policy

ShoreScore is built to collect as little as possible, and the whole app works without an account. Signing in is entirely optional - it exists only to back up your beach passport and preferences across your devices. When you do sign in, you give us an email address (and, if you choose, a display name); we keep that separate from the anonymous, aggregate usage numbers that help us run and grow the app.

What we collect

• A random device identifier generated and stored in your browser's local storage, used only to record and de-duplicate your beachgoer votes. It is not tied to your identity. (A separate random identifier is used for usage counting, described below; the two are kept apart on purpose.)
• Approximate location only if you grant location permission, used in the moment to pick the nearest beach. It is not stored on our servers beyond serving that request.
• Beach-alert subscription (app only, opt-in): if you turn on Definitely Go alerts in the ShoreScore app, we store your device's push token, the location you save when enabling, and your chosen alert distance, used only to decide and deliver those alerts. Your location is captured once at opt-in, never tracked in the background. Turning alerts off deletes the subscription.
• Preferences (such as your selected beach) saved in your browser's local storage on your device.
• Account (optional): if you choose to sign in to back up your data, we store your email address and a copy of your beach passport and preferences, including the display name you set on the You tab if you set one, used only to let you sign in and to sync those items across your devices. We verify sign-in with a one-time code, so there is no password. We do not sell your email or use it for marketing. Deleting your account removes this.
• Standard technical logs (such as IP address and request metadata) processed by our hosting provider for security, abuse prevention, and reliability.
• Usage analytics, kept on our own systems rather than sent to an analytics company. When you open a screen or use a feature, we record the event name, the platform (web, iOS, Android), and a second random identifier that exists only for counting. That counting identifier is deliberately different from the voting one above, so how you use the app can never be matched to your check-ins, and neither is tied to your name or email. No cookies are used for this. We may share the resulting aggregate numbers with partners and advertisers to describe how ShoreScore is used; those numbers cannot identify you.
• Feedback you send us (optional): if you use the feedback option on the You tab, we store what you tell us, which part of the app you were rating, anything you type, and an email address only if you choose to give one. It is used to fix and improve the app, and it is never published or sold.
• A functional access cookie that remembers you entered the preview access code, so you are not asked on every visit. It is not used for tracking.

Service providers & data sources

We use third parties to operate ShoreScore, including Vercel (hosting), Supabase (database), and data sources such as Open-Meteo, NOAA / the National Weather Service, and the Florida Department of Health. Usage analytics are handled in our own database rather than by an outside analytics company. We also load map tiles from a map-tiles provider, which, like any web request, sees your device's IP to deliver the map. Their handling of data is governed by their own policies.

What we don't do

We never sell the personal information you give us, and we don't use tracking cookies to build a profile of you. Anonymous, aggregate statistics are different: they contain no personal information, and we may share them with partners and advertisers to support ShoreScore. If we ever show ads or partner links in the app, we'll do it without selling your personal information. ShoreScore is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Your choices

You can clear your device identifier and preferences at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser, and you can decline or revoke location permission in your browser settings. The Delete my data control below removes everything at once, including what is stored on our servers.