{"id":49,"date":"2026-05-15T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:04:00","slug":"guide-to-using-the-surf-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/how-to-guides\/guide-to-using-the-surf-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide To Using The Surf Map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To utilize the Surf Map, you must have at least 1 surf session logged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navigate to the Surf Map section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-screen-icon-1024x599.jpeg\" alt=\"Surf Map Screen - Surf Journal App\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-screen-icon-1024x599.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-screen-icon-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-screen-icon-768x449.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-screen-icon.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The map will automatically zoom to your current location. Zoom out to see a wider area and your logged sessions will appear. Zoom in to see more detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Logged Sessions Are Displayed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each surf break you have logged one or more sessions for will be shown on the map. At each surf break you will see the count of sessions you have logged at that break and is colored based on the highest rating recorded there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-example-895x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Surf Map - Japan | Surf Journal App\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-example-895x1024.jpg 895w, https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-example-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-example-768x879.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surf-map-example.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Example of a successful surf trip to Japan, with sessions recorded along the way. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To utilize the Surf Map, you must have at least 1 surf session logged. Navigate to the Surf Map section. The map will automatically zoom to your current location. Zoom out to see a wider area and your logged sessions will appear. Zoom in to see more detail. How Logged Sessions Are Displayed Each surf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfjournal.app\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}