Built by an owner of 2 surf hostels managing 100+ volunteers a year. We're building the tool we needed ourselves — and opening it up to other hosts.
No bloat. No 80-feature dashboards. Just what surf hosts actually need.
A dedicated surf-host directory where the right travelers actually find you.
Pre-filtered, surf-aligned volunteers who fit your vibe. No more 200 random DMs.
Schedules, shifts, tasks, handovers. Stop running your hostel from a WhatsApp group.
Know who you're hosting before they arrive. Reviews that follow volunteers across the network.
Every one below is a pain we live every week. How many do you live with?
200 DMs to find 1 good one
You spend hours filtering randoms who think your hostel is a free hotel.
No-shows kill your week
They confirm, then ghost. You're suddenly short-staffed in high season.
Schedules in WhatsApp groups
Tasks, shifts, handovers — all lost in 400 unread messages.
No history, no reviews, no memory
Was that volunteer good? Bad? Did anyone else host them? Nobody knows.
Generic platforms don't get surf
Most volunteers from generic platforms don't surf, don't fit, don't last.
Lost in a sea of unrelated hosts
On generic platforms your listing gets buried. Surf-aligned travelers never find their way to you.
Yes? Then you're exactly who this is for.
Claim my founding spotWe're picking the first 50 hosts to design the product around. You don't pay. You don't wait in line. You get heard.
6 months free at launch
Locked in. Forever priced as a founder.
Direct line to the team
You tell us what to build first. We listen.
First pick of incoming volunteers
Founding hosts see applicants before public hosts at launch.
Featured in the launch directory
Free distribution when we open the volunteer side.
The waves gave us this business. Surfaway donates a percentage of every host membership to ocean conservation partners. The more we grow, the cleaner the lineup — and the better the story you can tell your volunteers.
6 months free. Direct line to the team. First pick of incoming volunteers.
+ 5% of your membership funds ocean cleanup.
Claim my founding spotTakes 30 seconds at the top of the page