Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to I curated 500 YouTube daily surfing videos, organised by date and break
I built this site just because I wanted it to exist. I'm a keen surfer who lives near one of the worlds surfing epicenters; the Gold Coast, Australia. Getting home from a surf I'd often get excited seeing videos on YouTube of the breaks and waves I'd surfed that day. There's hundreds of these daily surf videos on YouTube and I thought it would be good to document and organise them like a historical archive. The volume of videos posted tends to peak when significant swells arrive so I think I could build some interesting visualisations and maps in the future. I also want to add some kind of…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I curated 500 YouTube daily surfing videos, organised by date and break launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I know, it's a very first-world problem. But in my house, we have a hard time deciding what to watch. Too many options! So I made this to recreate Cable TV for YouTube. I made it so it runs in the browser. Quickly import your subscriptions in the browser via a bookmarklet. No accounts, no sign-ins. Just quickly import your data locally.
Mar 2026 · channelsurfer.tv · its alternatives →
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Surfer Kelly Slater shares his struggles & triumphs
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, Blog discovery is a problem [0] due to the decentralized nature of online writing. Everyone writes on their own site or platform, and there’s no central place that brings everything together. Google results prioritize large media publications over blogs, so we need something else. Blog Surf is an attempt to organize all of the great online writing done by individuals. I launched this project last year as a directory of personal blogs [1], but have now rebuilt it from scratch into a full-text search engine for blog posts. You can search for blog posts, and filter by publish date and…
2022 · blogsurf.io · its alternatives →
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I built Yourabbit.com — a site that curates hand-picked YouTube rabbit holes grouped by themes like quirky psychology, obscure tech, weird facts, and binge-worthy oddities. It’s not driven by the YouTube algorithm — every collection is themed and curated manually (for now), with a backend I’m automating to fetch and organize new rabbit holes daily. Built as a hybrid Astro + Next.js project, optimized for static generation and speed. I’m also pairing videos with custom summaries and commentary (using AI), and would love feedback from the HN crowd on: Content model (too wide? not specific…
2025 · yourabbit.com · its alternatives →
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Autoplay▲101Channel surf the latest & greatest videos on the internet
2015 · autoplay.co · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I recently noticed a recurring visual artifact in the "Most Replayed" heatmap on the YouTube player. The highest peaks were always surrounded by two dips. I got curious about why they were there, so I decided to reverse engineer the feature to find out. This post documents the deep dive. It starts with a system design recreation, reverse engineering the rendering code, and ends with the mathematics. This is also my first attempt at writing an interactive article. I would love to hear your thoughts on the investigation and the format.
Jan 2026 · priyavr.at · its alternatives →
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William Finnegan's memoir on surfing
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Surfboard▲66Easiest way to see what's going on around you!
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Turn YT videos with chapters into courses & track progress
2023 · chapters-queue.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Discover videos from around the world.
2015 · youtubemapexplorer.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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Surf Park DB▲15Every surf park and wave pool in the world updated daily
2025 · surfparkdb.com · its alternatives →
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Top elite swimming videos hand curated for all the swimmers
2021 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m pleased to release my “surf engine” to the public for you to try. This is might be for you if you’ve grown frustrated with commercialised SERPs, and want to find the other websites are (still) out there. Kudos to Marginalia Search for showing that it’s possible to build a search engine as a hobbyist: https://search.marginalia.nu/ Feedback of all kinds very welcome! Ali
2022 · highbrow.se · its alternatives →
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I built Watchlist to solve a problem that's been nagging at me (and I suspect many others): YouTube's addictive nature and its impact on productivity. The Problem: YouTube is an incredible source of knowledge, but its homepage is an unending scroll of rabbit holes. The algorithm is designed to maximize watch time, often at the expense of our intentions and productivity. I found myself wasting hours, jumping from video to video, and then blaming myself for the lack of self-control. The Solution: Watchlist! Watchlist is essentially YouTube playlists on steroids. Here's how it works: 1. Create…
2024 · watchlist.so · its alternatives →
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