About VenTu
An open-source platform dedicated to water sports in Portugal
Our Mission
VenTu was born from the need to have a centralized, free and open-source platform for all water sports practitioners in Portugal. We want to democratize access to marine weather information and create a strong community around surf, kitesurf, windsurf and big wave.
Updated Data
Open-Meteo — forecasts updated every 2h (daytime) and 4h (night)
Automated AI
News generated by Gemini Flash with smart summaries
Open Source
MIT License. Contributions welcome!
Technologies Used
Next.js 16
React Framework
Tailwind CSS
Styling
Leaflet
Interactive maps
Open-Meteo
Marine API
IPMA · Ecowitt
Observations
Gemini Flash
AI News
Supabase
Contributions
Imagery & attribution
- Spot thumbnails: Esri World Imagery export at each beach’s real coordinates (never generic stock pretending to be the spot).
- Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
- Regional lifestyle photos (home, explore, about): Unsplash and Pexels — free for commercial use. See public/images/CREDITS.md.
Made with passion for the Portuguese nautical community
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