About Safe Shores
Alert Life-saving Early Cross-zone Intelligence System
What Safe Shores Does
Safe Shores pulls real-time data from the National Weather Service (NWS) and NOAA to show you what conditions look like at Puerto Rico's beaches — right now, before you get in the water.
- Active NWS alerts — rip current statements, high surf warnings, coastal flood advisories
- Per-beach hazard profiles — known dangers like rip currents, rocky bottoms, no lifeguards
- Tide predictions — today's high and low tides from NOAA CO-OPS
- Buoy data — wave height, period, wind, and water temperature from NDBC stations
- Bilingual — full English and Spanish support
What Safe Shores Does NOT Do
Safe Shores never tells you a beach is "safe." No app can do that. Ocean conditions change by the minute.
This tool supplements — but does not replace — lifeguard instructions, posted signs, and your own judgment. If a lifeguard tells you to stay out of the water, stay out.
Data Sources
- National Weather Service (NWS) — alerts and forecasts
- NOAA CO-OPS — tide predictions
- National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) — wave and weather observations
All data is publicly available at no cost. No API keys required.
Puerto Rico averages roughly 30 drowning deaths per year on its beaches. Senate Bill 661 mandated a "Safe Beach PR" app, but it was never built. Safe Shores is an independent effort to fill that gap — not affiliated with the government, but open to partnership.
In memory of Miguel Alexis Polanco
Miguel Alexis drowned at Crash Boat Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, at the age of 33. He was a friend, a son, and someone who deserved to know what the ocean had in store that day.
Safe Shores exists because the information that could save lives already exists — it just never reaches the person standing at the water's edge.
Built by Luis Rodriguez in Puerto Rico. March 2026.