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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 Marine API with updates every 3 hours

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. Data updated every 3 hours, forecasts 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 →
  • Live cams →
  • All spots →

Resources

  • News
  • Seasonality
  • Compare
  • Alerts
  • About

Data

  • Waves: Open-Meteo Marine
  • Wind: ECMWF / GFS
  • Observations: IPMA · Ecowitt
  • 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.

Made with for the community