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BeachFinder MCP MCP Server

by BeachFinder
Search & WebModerate7.5LocalRemote
Free

Search 184,900 beaches and compare live water and weather conditions worldwide

About

BeachFinder MCP is a free, read-only server for searching and comparing 184,900 beaches, lakes and swimming spots worldwide. Its 12 tools cover beach and swim-spot discovery, live water and weather conditions, spot comparison, surf, diving, snorkeling, rivers, whitewater, vanlife, activity providers, practical guides and anonymous community observations. Results include ranking reasons, confidence, freshness, sources and canonical BeachFinder links. The server never declares that swimming is safe; users should follow official advisories, closures, flags and lifeguards.

Security Report

7.5
Moderate7.5Low Risk

BeachFinder is a read-only search and discovery MCP server with no authentication requirements, which is appropriate for its public data access model. The server has proper scope limitations (read-only operations, no sensitive contact data exposed) and follows category-appropriate permission patterns. No critical security vulnerabilities were identified in the documentation.

1 file analyzed · 3 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

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How to Install & Connect

Available as Local & Remote

This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.

Getting Started

Once installed, try these example prompts and explore these capabilities:

  • 1Find calm beaches near Nice with current water and wind conditions
  • 2Compare South Beach and Crandon Beach for swimming today
  • 3Find beginner surf spots near Honolulu
  • 4Find diving or snorkeling spots near Split
  • 5Find whitewater spots near Lyon
  • 6Find water activity providers near Barcelona

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

BeachFinder MCP

BeachFinder app icon

Turn "Where should I swim today?" into a source-backed answer.

BeachFinder gives AI assistants read-only access to public discovery across 184,900 beaches, lakes and swimming spots worldwide. It can rank places for a user's real intent, compare options, add current planning signals where coverage exists, and always return a canonical BeachFinder link.

Why connect BeachFinder?

  • Find beaches, lakes, bathing places and natural swimming spots by destination or consented location.
  • Compare water and air temperature, wind, gusts, UV, waves and currents where available.
  • Search for surf, diving, snorkeling, river, whitewater and vanlife-relevant locations.
  • Discover source-backed water-activity providers without exposing private or direct contact data.
  • Find practical destination, GTA 6 and football travel guides.
  • Read anonymous community-condition summaries without user identities.
  • Open every result on BeachFinder or continue in the iOS and Android app.

BeachFinder supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Russian and Indonesian.

Questions to try

  • "Find three calm swimming spots near Nice and explain why each one matches."
  • "Compare the current water temperature, wind and UV at beaches around Miami."
  • "Find beginner-relevant surf spots and source-backed surf providers near San Sebastian."
  • "Show snorkeling or diving spots around Crete without guessing visibility or safety."
  • "Find a lake for swimming near Munich and link me to the full BeachFinder pages."
  • "What do recent anonymous community reports say about this beach?"

Connect in Claude

  1. Open Claude on the web or desktop.
  2. Go to Settings > Connectors.
  3. Choose Add custom connector.
  4. Name it BeachFinder and enter https://getbeachfinder.com/mcp.
  5. Enable BeachFinder in a conversation and ask one of the questions above.

No API key or BeachFinder account is required for public read-only search.

Connect in ChatGPT Developer Mode

  1. Enable Developer Mode in ChatGPT settings.
  2. Add a remote MCP server.
  3. Enter https://getbeachfinder.com/mcp and choose no authentication.
  4. Scan the tools, enable BeachFinder and test a destination search.

Public directory availability depends on each assistant's review process and region.

What the assistant receives

Results are compact and designed for useful recommendations:

  • place name, type and public location context;
  • reasons for the ranking and a confidence label;
  • freshness and source attribution;
  • current planning signals when available;
  • canonical getbeachfinder.com page;
  • BeachFinder app link.

The visual MCP App can render a responsive result list and OpenStreetMap view.

Safety and privacy

BeachFinder never declares that swimming is safe. Forecasts and community observations are planning signals. Official closures, beach flags, lifeguards and local authorities always take priority.

All tools are read-only. They cannot book, message, claim, moderate or edit anything. Provider results exclude email, phone, external website and private contact data. Exact user coordinates are accepted only when the user consents and are not written to application logs.

Server details

FieldValue
MCP endpointhttps://getbeachfinder.com/mcp
TransportStreamable HTTP, stateless
AuthenticationNone for public read-only tools
OpenAPIhttps://getbeachfinder.com/openapi.json
Version1.0.1
Data attributionData (c) OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); weather and marine planning signals from documented providers including Open-Meteo

This public repository contains directory metadata and documentation only. The production server implementation, credentials and deployment workflows are intentionally not published here.

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