BeachFinder
Search and compare 184,900 swimming spots worldwide — beaches, lakes and bathing places — with live weather, water temperature, wind, UV and wave planning…
What it can do
- Search Beaches: Find public beaches by city or consented coordinates and rank them for swimming, family, warm-water, low-wind, surf, accessibility or amenities. Returns compact results with BeachFinde
- Search Swim Spots: Find beaches, lakes, bathing places and public swimming locations. Current conditions are fetched only for the highest-ranked results.
- Search Surf Spots: Find mapped swimming locations with surf or wave relevance and current planning signals when available.
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Search and compare 184,900 swimming spots worldwide — beaches, lakes and bathing places — with live weather, water temperature, wind, UV and wave planning signals, localized guides and source-backed activity providers. 12 read-only tools, no auth. Every result links to getbeachfinder.com.
How to connect
How to connect BeachFinder to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://beachfinder--beachfinder-app.run.tools
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect BeachFinder to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://beachfinder--beachfinder-app.run.tools
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect BeachFinder to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://beachfinder--beachfinder-app.run.tools
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (12)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| search_beaches | Find public beaches by city or consented coordinates and rank them for swimming, family, warm-water, low-wind, surf, accessibility or amenities. Returns compact results with BeachFinder links. |
| search_swim_spots | Find beaches, lakes, bathing places and public swimming locations. Current conditions are fetched only for the highest-ranked results. |
| search_surf_spots | Find mapped swimming locations with surf or wave relevance and current planning signals when available. |
| search_dive_snorkel_spots | Find mapped diving and snorkeling locations without inferring visibility or safety. |
| search_river_whitewater_spots | Find mapped river and whitewater activity locations near a destination. |
| search_vanlife_spots | Find published van and camping locations near beaches while withholding direct contact details. |
| search_activity_providers | Find owner-verified or official-source-backed water activity providers. Returns only name, category, approximate location and BeachFinder profile link. |
| search_guides | Find localized practical, destination, GTA and football travel guides published by BeachFinder. |
| get_spot_details | Get stable public facts and localized editorial content for one BeachFinder spot ID. |
| get_spot_conditions | Get current water, weather, wind, UV, wave and current planning signals for one BeachFinder spot ID. |
| get_community_conditions | Get an anonymous aggregate of active BeachFinder community reports for one spot. No user identity is returned. |
| compare_spots | Compare two to five explicit BeachFinder spot IDs using only documented facts and current available conditions. |