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surfstyle.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 26 October 202627 issues · 75 checks
This review found 27 issues worth fixing on surfstyle.com, 10 of them high impact, across 75 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
84B- #18,346 of 100,741 reviewed websitesbeats 77%
- #11,637 of 55,522 online storesbeats 73%
- #11,285 of 50,436 Shopify storesbeats 71%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 116 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 119 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 121 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 135 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.8 s · 365 KiBAbout 365 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
1.4 s · 628 KiB14 images could be 628 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.
5,914 HTML elements
The page has 5,914 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Mobile performance score: 59
59/100Your mobile performance score is 59 (desktop: 76). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Accessibe Accessibility Overlay and cdn-cookieyes.com and others), adding 1.8 MB and 542 ms of main-thread time.
Main-thread work: 3.7 s
A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.3 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Shopify adds 311 ms
311 msShopify costs a phone 311 ms of main-thread work and 556 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Render-blocking requests
300 ms5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 300 ms.
instant.so adds 0 ms
0 msinstant.so costs a phone 0 ms of main-thread work and 915 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 119 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
51 KiB5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (51 KiB).
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Reduce unused CSS
40 KiBAbout 40 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
1 checks passed
Server response: 15 ms
15 msYour server sent the HTML in 15 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 17.2 s
17.2 sYour largest element takes 17.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We and our partners, including Shopify, use cookies and oth…”.
Time to Interactive: 17.5 s
17.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 17.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 4.2 s
4.2 sThe first text or image appears after 4.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.9 s
7.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 15% slower for real visitors
+15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 116 ms to 135 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.1 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 118 ms
118 msReal visitors wait 118 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 630 ms
630 msReal visitors wait 630 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 85 ms
85 msScripts block the page for only 85 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.0 MB in 317 requests
4.0 MBYour homepage downloads 4.0 MB in 317 requests on a phone: images 1.6 MB (43), other files 1.1 MB (142) and scripts 1,001 KiB (100). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (28 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit
1.14 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.14 g of CO₂e: 136.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 40 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
48 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 1 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (66 characters)
Your title is 66 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Beach & Lifestyle Clothing, Swimwear, and Accessories | Surf Style”.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
138 internal links, 4 external
The homepage links to 138 pages on surfstyle.com and 4 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 158 characters
Your meta description is 158 characters: “With over 30 years of beach, surf, and lifestyle legacy. Shop online at SurfStyle.com for Men, Women, and Kids' clothin…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “MAKE SUMMER ENDLESS!”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://surfstyle.com/.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://surfstyle.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,839 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://surfstyle.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://surfstyle.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://surfstyle.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
4 pages without a meta description
https://surfstyle.com/collections/all, https://surfstyle.com/collections/wyland-collection, https://surfstyle.com/customer_authentication/redirect and https://surfstyle.com/collections/socks have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
3 pages without an H1
https://surfstyle.com/collections/retro-collection, https://surfstyle.com/collections/kids and https://surfstyle.com/customer_authentication/redirect have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 89 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://surfstyle.com/.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
64 of 69 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: “OVER 20,000,000+ HAPPY CUSTOMERS”. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
A 10-field form
Your longest form asks for 10 fields (0 required). Every extra field lowers completion.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 652 words of copy
The homepage carries about 652 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP SUMMER ESSENTIALS”.
17 calls to action
The homepage has 17 calls to action, for example “Start shopping”, “Shop All” and “SHOP SUMMER ESSENTIALS”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
3 cookies set on arrival
3Opening the homepage sets 3 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
15 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
2 checks passed
Consent tool: CookieYes
A consent management tool (CookieYes) loads with the page.
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at surfstyle.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
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