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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

Contribute on GitHub ↗
VenTu

Open-source platform for water sports in Portugal. Forecasts updated every 2h (daytime) and 4h (night), IH/IPMA observations and automated news.

Links

  • GitHub ↗
  • Open-Meteo ↗

Explore

  • Surf in Portugal
  • Kitesurf in Portugal
  • Surf in Algarve
  • Kitesurf in Algarve
  • Surf in Lisbon
  • Surf in Central
  • View all combinations →
  • Directory (schools) →
  • Live cams →
  • All spots →

Resources

  • News
  • Saisonalität
  • Vergleichen
  • Tools
  • Favorites
  • Passport
  • Alerts
  • Über uns

Daten

  • Waves: Open-Meteo Marine
  • Wind: ICON-EU / ECMWF / GFS
  • Observations: IPMA · Ecowitt · METAR
  • News: Gemini Flash

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics (spot aerials). Region photos: Unsplash / Pexels. See About and public/images/CREDITS.md.

© 2026 VenTu. MIT License. Open Source Project.

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