South Florida, in your pocket
The whole publication as a real app, on the way: the day's news, the events calendar, the full archive to search, and the stories you save waiting for you even when the signal is not.
Coming soon
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The day on South Florida, at the top
Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade news the moment it publishes, led by a photograph and a headline worth stopping for, with a filter for the section you actually came for.
- News, business, food and drink, health, beauty, lifestyle
- Local stories from Jupiter to Homestead
- One tap from the feed to the full story
Typeset for reading, not for clicks
Every story will open in the publication's own type, with the photograph, the drop cap and room to breathe. Save it, like it or share it from the bar at the top.
- No pop-ups or autoplay video in the way
- Save any story to read later, even offline
- Share straight to a text or a group chat
What's on this week, by the day
The events calendar for all three counties, from street festivals and tastings to concerts and openings, each with the date, the venue and the address.
- Listings grouped by the day they happen
- Directions and the organizer's page in one tap
- Add an event to your own calendar
The whole archive, a couple of words away
Every story we publish, searchable. Handy when you half remember a restaurant, a road project, or a name, or just want to browse a section.
- Search every story in the archive
- Browse by section in one tap
- Results as you type
Reads the way you like to read
Pick light, dark, or follow the phone, and set the text to a size your eyes agree with. The type will be the publication's own, set for a small screen rather than squeezed into a browser.
- Light, dark, or automatic with the phone
- Adjustable text size for every story
- The same app on iPhone and Android, screen for screen
The small things that make it yours
Save it for the ride
Tap save and the story comes with you. Saved reading will open on the Brightline, at the beach, or anywhere the bars run out.
No password to invent
Sign in with a six-digit code sent to your email or phone, and what you save will follow you to your next phone. Or skip it: reading will never ask who you are.
Free, all of it
Every story, the calendar and the archive, with no subscription and no paywall waiting a few articles in.
Get the Wave
Coming soon, free, to the App Store and Google Play.
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How much will it cost?
Nothing. The app will be free, every story on it will be free, and there will be no subscription or paywall waiting a few articles in. You will not need an account to read.
Is it on the App Store and Google Play?
Not yet. The iPhone and Android apps are coming soon. Until then, everything is free at goldcoastwave.com, and The Weekly Wave newsletter will tell you the day the apps arrive.
Will I need an account?
Only if you want one. Reading, searching and the events calendar will all work signed out. Signing in will be a six-digit code sent to your email or phone, no password to invent, and it will keep your saved stories with you when you change phones.
Will it work without a signal?
Stories you save will be kept on your phone, so they still open on the Brightline, at the beach, or anywhere the signal gives up. Fresh news naturally needs a connection.
Will it send me alerts?
The plan is a handful of stories worth interrupting your day for, chosen by an editor, rather than a stream of pings. Reading will never depend on it.
Is it the same app as Long Island Wave?
It is built on the same platform as the Long Island Wave app, our sister publication, but it is its own app with its own stories: Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade, and nothing else.