Spiloco Beat

The sun is sinking into an orange sky and you are already up on the board. Hold your thumb down and you carve up the face of the wave; lift it and you drop towards the coral. Ahead, two torches burn on a bamboo gate, and the gap between them sways with the beat. You time the drop, slip through dead-centre, and the word PERFECT flashes over the water. Swell Beat is a one-touch surfing game about rhythm. Every reef gate moves in time, so you ride by feel rather than by reflex. Thread the gap cleanly and your combo builds; every four perfects in a row lifts the score multiplier. Keep clear of the foaming lip above and the reef below, or it is a wipeout. SUNSET POINT Mellow sets at 96 beats per minute. Five sessions to learn how the gates breathe, with three shells drifting along each wave for anyone who wants a little extra. CORAL REEF The swell quickens to 112 BPM over the reef. The pink jellyfish that first drifted in at Sunset Point gather more thickly, and a sting ends the ride, so you steer round them while still chasing the beat. BIG WAVE BAY Heavy beats at 128 BPM and big drops. The final five sessions ask for steady nerves and clean lines all the way to Endless Summer. DAWN PATROL One endless wave at first light, with an empty lineup and gates that never stop coming. Ride as far as you can; every ten metres pays a sand dollar. THE JUKEBOX Each of the fifteen sessions has its own surf-rock single, from Walk the Nose to Riptide Rumble. Ride a session with 70% of its gates perfect and that single drops into your jukebox. THE QUIVER Spend sand dollars at the board shack on eight boards, from the squishy Foamie and the Malibu Log to Koa Wood and the Golden Kahuna. THE SURF LOG Your longest Dawn Patrol rides, recent sessions and twelve stickers, such as Hang Ten for a ten-gate perfect combo. Swell Beat surfs happily offline, with no account, no ads and no purchases. Sand dollars come only from riding, and the wave stretches to fit phones and tablets alike. Paddle out whenever the evening feels quiet.