The surf-trip automation. When the forecast fires, it books the whole thing.

A single n8n workflow that watches the surf forecast for your spot, and the moment it goes big and offshore for a few days straight, it lines up the flights, the villa, the taxi and the cold beers — then drops one proposal in the group chat. Whoever taps yes gets pushed into the booking flow.

Built in n8n + Claude Code. This repo is the template — import it, drop in your own keys, and go.

Heads up: this is a fun content build, shared honestly. The taxi + Gojek legs use AI voice calls (Bland) and the flight/villa lookups use paid scrapers (Apify) — set hard spend caps before you run it live. Nothing here places a real booking without your opt-in tap.

What it does

every 6h ─► Surfline forecast (swell · period · wind)
              │
              ▼  is it 6ft+ and offshore for 3 days?
        ┌─────┴─────┐
       no          YES ─► scrape cheapest flights (Apify)
     (idle)              scrape best villa near the surf (Apify)
                         │
                         ▼  build ONE proposal → group chat (Telegram)
                         │   dates · swell · flight price · villa
                         ▼  poll: "lock in" or "miss out"
                    tapped YES
                         │
                         ├─► flight options emailed to you
                         ├─► out-of-office flips on when the plane lands
                         ├─► live flight tracking → on landing, order a taxi
                         │     (AI voice call, with the Dire Straits request)
                         └─► taxi ETA → fire a Gojek order so cold Bintangs
                               hit the villa as you walk in

Import it

  1. In n8n: Workflows → Import from File → swell-event.workflow.json.
  2. All credentials come in blank (this template ships with none). Reconnect your own on each node.
  3. Fill the placeholders below, then run the manual trigger once to test before you let the schedule take over.

What you need to plug in

Placeholder in the workflow What it is Free?
YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN + YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID a Telegram bot (via @BotFather) + your group chat id free
YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN Apify token for the flight + villa scrapers free tier, set a spend cap
YOUR_ORG_KEY Bland AI key for the taxi + Gojek voice calls paid per minute
Gmail credential on the "Check inbox" + "Email me" nodes (n8n's Gmail OAuth) free
YOUR-INSTANCE.app.n8n.cloud your n8n instance URL (for the Bland call-back webhook) —
+YOUR_PHONE the number Bland dials for the taxi —

The forecast trigger uses Surfline's public kbyg endpoint via the free r.jina.ai relay — no login, no key. Swap the spot in the two "Surfline" nodes for your break.

Safety rails (please read)

  • Spend caps: the Apify scrape nodes carry maxTotalChargeUsd limits in the URL — keep them low. Set a monthly cap in your Apify account too.
  • Voice calls cost money and call real numbers. Test with your own number first. The taxi node is set to hang up on voicemail and never leave a message.
  • Nothing books a flight or a trip without a human tapping yes in the chat.