Last Updated: August 17, 2026
The Wave Hunter respects the privacy of visitors to thewavehunter.com. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with the website, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you.
This policy applies to The Wave Hunter website and the services, articles, guides, pages, and other content provided through it. The Wave Hunter is primarily an informational website about surfing, surf forecasting, wave science, surf travel, and surf destinations.
By using The Wave Hunter, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information You Provide to Us
You may choose to provide personal information when communicating with The Wave Hunter.
For example, if you contact us through an email address, contact form, or another contact method that we make available, we may receive your name and email address along with the content of your message. We may also receive other information that you voluntarily include in the communication.
We use information submitted through communications to respond to inquiries, answer questions, discuss advertising or sponsorship opportunities, handle business correspondence, and operate the website.
The current public Contact Us page does not yet contain an active form, so this provision applies to contact methods that are added or otherwise made available.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit a website, certain technical information may be transmitted automatically by your browser or device. Depending on the website’s hosting configuration and services in use, this may include your Internet Protocol address, browser type, operating system, referring page, pages requested, timestamps, device information, and similar technical data.
Web servers and security systems commonly process this information to deliver webpages, maintain server performance, prevent abuse, diagnose technical problems, and protect the website.
IP addresses and similar online identifiers can constitute personal data in some circumstances. WordPress’s own privacy guidance recognizes information such as names, email addresses, and IP addresses as examples of personal data that website operators may need to address in their privacy disclosures.
How We Use Information
The Wave Hunter may use information collected through the website to provide and maintain the site, respond to communications, diagnose technical problems, improve website functionality, protect against malicious activity, and understand how visitors use the site.
Information may also be processed when reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, enforce website policies, investigate misuse, protect the security of the website, or protect the rights of The Wave Hunter and others.
We do not use personal information for purposes that are materially different from those described in this policy without updating this Privacy Policy or providing additional notice when required.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Wave Hunter may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality.
Cookies are small pieces of information stored by a browser. Some cookies may be necessary for technical functions such as security, website administration, preferences, or session management.
If analytics, advertising, embedded services, or other optional technologies are enabled, those services may also use cookies or similar identifiers.
Where applicable law requires consent before non-essential cookies are placed or accessed, The Wave Hunter will seek appropriate consent before using those technologies.
You can generally control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect the operation of certain website features.
Analytics
The Wave Hunter may use privacy-conscious website analytics or third-party analytics services to understand general website usage, such as which articles are visited, how visitors reach the site, and how visitors navigate between pages.
If an analytics service such as Google Analytics is enabled, that provider may use cookies or similar technologies to distinguish visitors and produce website-usage statistics. Google explains that Google Analytics may use cookies for this purpose.
At the time of this public scan, I could not reliably verify an active analytics provider from the crawler output. Accordingly, this section should be updated to name the specific provider if one is installed.
Affiliate Links and Product Recommendations
Some articles on The Wave Hunter may discuss surfing equipment, travel gear, books, or other products and services related to the subjects covered by the website.
The site may use affiliate links. An affiliate link allows a merchant or affiliate network to determine that a visitor arrived through The Wave Hunter. If you follow an affiliate link and make a purchase, The Wave Hunter may receive a commission or other compensation without increasing the price you pay.
The merchant or affiliate network may collect information when you follow one of these links. Their collection and use of information are governed by their own privacy policies and are not controlled by The Wave Hunter.
Affiliate relationships should also be disclosed near the relevant content where appropriate.
Advertising
The Wave Hunter may display advertising in the future.
If third-party advertising services are used, those providers may receive information about visits to the website and may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies as permitted by applicable law.
If personalized or behaviorally targeted advertising is introduced, The Wave Hunter will update this Privacy Policy and provide consent or opt-out controls when legally required.
The public pages inspected during this scan did not provide enough information to confirm an active advertising network.
Embedded Content
Articles may contain embedded material or links to content hosted by other websites. Examples could include videos, maps, social-media content, or other externally hosted resources.
Interacting with embedded content may allow the third-party provider to receive information about your browser or visit. The third party may also place cookies or use other tracking technologies according to its own privacy practices.
Visiting or interacting with third-party services is subject to the privacy policy and terms of that provider rather than this Privacy Policy.
Social Media
The Wave Hunter may link to profiles or content on third-party social-media platforms.
When you follow a social-media link, you leave The Wave Hunter and interact directly with that platform. The social-media company may collect information about your visit according to its own privacy policy.
The Wave Hunter does not control how third-party social networks collect or process information once you visit their services.
How We Share Information
The Wave Hunter does not need to disclose personal information simply because someone visits an article.
Information may, however, be disclosed to companies that provide services necessary to operate the website. These may include website hosting providers, security providers, email providers, analytics providers, or technical contractors.
Such information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with a legal obligation or valid legal process, investigate suspected fraud or abuse, protect website security, or defend legal rights.
If ownership or operation of The Wave Hunter is transferred as part of a sale, merger, acquisition, or similar business transaction, relevant website information may be transferred as part of that transaction subject to applicable law.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
The Wave Hunter does not intend to sell personal information in exchange for money.
Certain privacy laws use broader definitions of the terms “sell” or “share,” particularly when information is provided to advertising companies for cross-context behavioral advertising. If The Wave Hunter begins using technology that constitutes selling or sharing personal information under an applicable privacy law, the site will provide the notices and opt-out mechanisms required by that law.
California law gives qualifying consumers rights concerning the collection, use, sale, and sharing of their personal information. Businesses subject to those requirements may also be required to provide mechanisms for opting out of the sale or sharing of information.
Do Not Track and Global Privacy Controls
Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” signal. Because there is no single universally implemented technical standard for responding to all Do Not Track signals, The Wave Hunter may not respond to traditional Do Not Track signals unless required to do so.
California privacy guidance requires applicable commercial websites to explain their treatment of Do Not Track signals and whether third parties may collect information about visitors over time.
Where an applicable privacy law requires recognition of a legally valid opt-out preference signal, such as a supported Global Privacy Control signal, The Wave Hunter will honor the signal to the extent required by law.
Data Retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to communications, maintaining business records, protecting website security, and satisfying legal obligations.
Technical security logs may be retained for a limited period appropriate to security and operational requirements.
Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted or anonymized, subject to legitimate legal or recordkeeping requirements.
Data Security
The Wave Hunter takes reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information handled through the website.
No website, Internet transmission, or electronic storage system can guarantee absolute security. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that information will never be accessed, altered, or disclosed without authorization.
Visitors should avoid sending highly sensitive personal information through ordinary website contact methods unless specifically requested through an appropriate secure process.
International Visitors
The Wave Hunter can be accessed from many countries. Information associated with your use of the website may therefore be processed in a country other than the one in which you live.
Where legally required, appropriate safeguards will be used when personal data is transferred internationally.
Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply to The Wave Hunter, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include rights to learn what personal information is processed, obtain access to it, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, restrict certain processing, obtain a portable copy of information, or object to particular uses.
The European Commission describes these as including rights of information, access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and protections concerning certain automated decisions.
California law similarly provides qualifying consumers with rights concerning personal information collected by businesses subject to the CCPA.
The availability of a particular right depends on the jurisdiction, the nature of the information, and whether the relevant law applies to The Wave Hunter.
Requests concerning personal information may be submitted through the contact method listed at the end of this policy. We may need to verify a request before acting on it when permitted or required by law.
Legal Bases for Processing in the EEA and Similar Jurisdictions
Where the GDPR or a similar law applies, The Wave Hunter will process personal data under an appropriate legal basis.
Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on your consent, our legitimate interests in operating and securing the website, steps requested by you before entering into an agreement, performance of an agreement, or compliance with a legal obligation.
European privacy rules require organizations processing personal data to provide transparent information about matters such as who is processing the data, why the data is processed, the applicable legal basis, and who may receive it.
Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent where applicable.
Children’s Privacy
The Wave Hunter is a general-audience surfing and travel information website and is not directed specifically to children under the age of 13. Its publicly available content focuses on surfing knowledge, forecasting, exploration, and surf travel.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13.
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act imposes specific obligations on websites directed to children under 13 and on certain other services that knowingly collect personal information from children in that age group.
If we learn that personal information has been collected from a child in circumstances where parental consent was legally required, we will take appropriate steps to remove that information.
External Websites
The Wave Hunter contains or may contain links to websites that we do not own or control.
A link to an external website does not cause that website’s privacy practices to be governed by this Privacy Policy. Visitors should review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information to them.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as the website changes or as legal and technical requirements evolve.
When substantive changes are made, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will be revised. Additional notice may be provided when required by applicable law.
Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically for changes.
Contact Us
Questions about this Privacy Policy, privacy practices, or requests concerning personal information may be submitted through The Wave Hunter’s Contact Us page.