California wave buoys
45 buoys · 40 live now
California45 buoys
- Avila Beach Nearshore, CA462864.6 ft · 14 s · SSWLive
- Bodega Bay - 48NM NW of San Francisco, CA4601310.8 ft · 16 s · WLive
- Cape Mendocino, CA462139.2 ft · 13 s · WNWStale
- Cape San Martin - 55NM West NW of Morro Bay, CA460289.8 ft · 16 s · WLive
- Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA462853.0 ft · 14 s · SWLive
- Del Mar Nearshore, CA462663.6 ft · 14 s · WLive
- Diablo Canyon, CA462156.9 ft · 15 s · WLive
- East Santa Barbara - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA460536.6 ft · 14 s · WSWLive
- Eel River - 17NM WSW of Eureka, CA4602213.1 ft · 13 s · WLive
- Green Beach Offshore, CA462773.0 ft · SWLive
- Half Moon Bay - 24NM SSW of San Francisco, CA460128.5 ft · 14 sLive
- Harvest, CA4621813.5 ft · 15 s · WNWLive
- Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA4624412.5 ft · 13 s · WNWLive
- La Jolla, CALJPC13.0 ft · 13 sLive
- Leucadia Nearshore, CA462745.2 ft · WLive
- Long Beach Channel, CA462562.6 ft · 13 s · SWLive
- Mission Bay West, CA462584.9 ft · 14 s · WLive
- Monterey - 27NM WNW of Monterey, CA4604212.5 ft · 16 s · WLive
- Monterey Canyon Outer, CA462368.2 ft · WNWLive
- Oceanside Offshore, CA462243.6 ft · 13 s · SSWLive
- Point Loma South, CA462324.9 ft · 13 s · WLive
- Point Reyes, CA4621411.5 ft · 14 s · WNWLive
- Point Sur, CA462396.6 ft · 10 s · NWStale
- Pt Arena - 19NM North of Point Arena, CA4601413.5 ft · WNWLive
- Red Beach Nearshore, CA462753.0 ft · SWLive
- San Clemente Basin - 27NM SE of San Clemente Is, CA460867.5 ft · 15 s · WNWStale
- San Francisco - 18NM West of San Francisco, CA4602610.2 ft · 15 s · WLive
- San Francisco Bar, CA4623710.2 ft · WLive
- San Nicolas Island, CA4621910.8 ft · 14 s · WNWLive
- San Pedro South, CA462533.6 ft · 14 s · WSWLive
- San Pedro, CA462223.9 ft · 15 s · WLive
- Santa Cruz Basin, CA462515.6 ft · 14 s · WSWLive
- Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA4625913.1 ft · 17 s · NWStale
- Santa Maria - 21NM NW of Point Arguello, CA460119.5 ft · 15 s · WNWLive
- Santa Monica Basin - 33NM WSW of Santa Monica, CA460253.3 ft · 15 s · WNWLive
- Santa Monica Bay, CA462213.6 ft · 14 s · WSWLive
- Scripps Nearshore, CA462542.6 ft · 12 s · WNWLive
- South Santa Rosa - 14 NM SW of Santa Rosa Island, CA4606910.8 ft · 14 s · WNWLive
- Southeast Papa - 600NM West of Eureka, CA4600626.9 ft · 12 s · WStale
- St Georges - 8 NM NW of Crescent City, CA4602715.1 ft · 13 s · WSWLive
- Tanner Bank - 121 NM West of San Diego, CA4604710.5 ft · 15 s · WNWLive
- Topanga Nearshore, CA462682.3 ft · 13 s · SWLive
- Torrey Pines Outer, CA462254.3 ft · 13 s · WSWLive
- West California - 357NM West of San Francisco, CA4605915.7 ft · 14 s · WLive
- West Santa Barbara 38 NM West of Santa Barbara, CA4605411.5 ft · 15 s · WNWLive
Heights are significant wave height at each buoy, not surf height at a beach. Live: a wave reading in the last 3 hours, or longer for sources that publish late. Stale: older than that. Offline: no wave reading in 30 days. Each buoy page names its data source and licence. Not for navigation.
Data: NOAA National Data Buoy Center; Marine Institute and Met Éireann; Australian Ocean Data Network (IMOS and partners); Finnish Meteorological Institute; SMHI; E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information (https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00036).
