Built by a surfer running surf hostels — 100+ volunteers managed every year. We're building the recruiting and management tool we needed ourselves. Now we're 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 applicants who fit your vibe — no more 200 random DMs.
Stop running ops from a WhatsApp group. Clear shift boards, task assignments, handover notes.
Know who you're hosting before they arrive. Reviews that follow volunteers across the surf host network.
Tick every one that hits home. We built Surfaway because we ticked them all.
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 it
Workaway sends backpackers who don't surf, don't fit, don't last.
You're paying to attract the wrong people
€50/yr on a platform where 0.35% of hosts are surf-focused.
We'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.
One field. One question. We'll do the rest.