Local innovation
A beach-planning product built from Vienne for worldwide use
The founder and product story: turning a landlocked starting point into a global map for beaches, lakes and swimming spots.
Press kit · Updated July 3, 2026
Find the beach that is worth the drive today.
BeachFinder is an independent beach and swimming-spot app built from Vienne, France. It brings mapped places, photos, water temperature, wind, UV, waves, water-quality context, amenities and nearby alternatives into one decision surface.
Press contact: contact@getbeachfinder.com · Product demo, screenshots and custom regional counts available.
Production snapshotFact sheet
Mapped coverage
449,566 swimming spots across 202 countries and territories in the July 3, 2026 production snapshot.
Beach records
266,564 mapped records are tagged as beaches; lake beaches are included in this database count.
Photos
74,176 spot records have a photo URL, with attribution handled at record level where required.
Languages
14 public web languages across major BeachFinder discovery, guide and spot surfaces.
These are BeachFinder database counts, not an official exhaustive census of every beach worldwide.
Current story angles
Four stories, each with a different editorial reason to exist.
Summer service journalism
The beach that looks best is not always the beach worth driving to today
A practical comparison of water temperature, wind, UV, waves, water-quality context, distance and current local advisories.
Original data
What 449,566 mapped swimming spots reveal about global data gaps
Country counts, inland swimming, photo coverage, supervision tags and the shortage of reliable accessibility metadata.
Travel technology
Beach information beyond the phone app
iOS and Android widgets, Apple Watch, Windows and web tools designed for travelers, hotels, campsites and activity providers.
Media resources
Logos, product footage and sourceable data.
Data sources and limits
Conditions are planning signals, not guarantees.
- OpenStreetMap for mapped beaches, lakes, swimming areas, amenities and geographic context.
- Open-Meteo and marine forecast sources for weather, wind, UV, wave and water-temperature planning signals where available.
- BeachFinder photo, editorial and quality-control pipelines for spot pages, fallback handling and content review.
- Local authorities, lifeguards, flags and closure notices remain authoritative for safety-sensitive decisions.
Available platforms
One BeachFinder ecosystem, several ways to use it.
The product is available on iPhone and iPad, Android, Apple Watch, Windows and the web. Home-screen widgets support quick checks, while public pages and partner widgets extend access beyond app users.
Need a local number or a live demonstration?
BeachFinder can prepare a reproducible country or regional count, explain the database limits, provide product footage, and demonstrate the app. For articles, link to the most relevant evidence page rather than only the homepage.