# Show RF: Predicting surf crowds with roboflow
**URL:** https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/show-rf-predicting-surf-crowds-with-roboflow/1217
**Category:** ✨ Show & Tell
**Created:** [December 28, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/show-rf-predicting-surf-crowds-with-roboflow/1217 "2022-12-28T08:08:09Z")
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### Author:  [@craigmulligan](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/craigmulligan)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/show-rf-predicting-surf-crowds-with-roboflow/1217/1 "2022-12-28T08:08:09Z")
I’ve trained a categorisation model on my local beaches surf camera to count the number of surfers in the water. I’ve then used these recordings to give me some predictions on how busy it’s going to be based on the time and the surf conditions, kind of like the google maps “popular times feature”.
You can read a little more about the project **[here](https://craigmulligan.com/posts/crowdfactor/)**.
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### Author:  [@trevorhlynn](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/trevorhlynn)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/show-rf-predicting-surf-crowds-with-roboflow/1217/2 "2023-01-02T14:28:05Z")
Such a cool project! Thank you for sharing it here. There’s a large dataset in Universe that might be helpful if you ever are in need of more data [Surfer Spotting Object Detection Dataset and Pre-Trained Model by Surfline](https://universe.roboflow.com/surfline/surfer-spotting)
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### Author:  [@cosmin](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/cosmin)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/show-rf-predicting-surf-crowds-with-roboflow/1217/3 "2025-09-12T08:49:23Z")
That’s great. Is there any way to connect with you and have a further conversation for this use case? Thanks