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Conditions

Editorial policy and safety limits

PeakWave combines public forecast feeds, observed conditions, stored spot data and transparent scoring methods to help people plan better days. A high score is never a statement that a place is safe.

Sources

Conditions pages use a mix of weather, marine, snow, avalanche, water quality and location metadata sources. Where a page shows an official warning, bulletin or data source, treat that original source as authoritative.

Scores

Scores are algorithmic planning aids. They compress many weather and location signals into a simple readout, then expose supporting factors so you can inspect the result. They can be stale, incomplete or wrong when source data changes, sensors fail or local conditions diverge from the model.

Safety

You are responsible for the decision to ski, ride, sail, swim, paddle, dive or travel. Always check official local advice, closures, avalanche bulletins, lifeguard flags, water quality warnings and the conditions in front of you. Do not use a PeakWave score as safety clearance.