1Read the buoy
Height, period, and direction, with yesterday beside them.
Wave Whisperer™
Read the buoy. Watch the water. Train your call.
Learn the numbers your break likes.
No hype. No frills. Current buoy data for surfers. With time, discipline and patience, you become a better surfer who understands the ocean and your break.
109 buoys, from California to Alaska to Hawaii.
Free for 30 days
then $1.99 once
iPhone · Android
Study for a season. See the results.
2Watch the water
Compare what you see with what the buoy says.
3Train your call
Save the days you surf. Observe the numbers, the water, and what you experienced.
4Surf better
A season of watching shows what your break likes. You score more of the sneaky, magic days.
A forecast predicts. A buoy measures.
You watch the water and make the call. Do that for a season and you stop needing anyone else's.
Public buoy and swell-station feeds from CDIP (Scripps) and NOAA/NDBC. Current to the buoy's latest report.
No surf ratings and no go-now calls. It is not a safety tool either.
Use the data, watch the water, and apply your own judgment.
Here's the plan →
Pick your buoys. Read the current numbers.
See how they changed since yesterday.
Your own buoys
Build your list from stations across the North Pacific. With location on, a new install starts on the five nearest you.
Current readings
Height, period, direction, and sea surface temp, straight from the source, with yesterday beside them.
Swell compass
A real compass dial marks the swell's direction. Turn your phone and line up with where it's coming from.
Capture & history
Save a reading, name the session, and build your own history of swells. Name it what you see: "shoulder high, really fun."
Star a reading
Star the reading you'd want again. On the rare day the buoy matches it, the current readings light up and show a star.
Custom maps
Every buoy on its own coastline map. Tap the pin in the app to see where a buoy sits relative to shore.
Before you download.
Does it cover my break?
Yes, from California to Alaska to Hawaii. Pick the buoy closest to you and start training your call. See all 109 buoys.
Will it teach me the numbers?
If you pay attention. Buoy School explains each one. The rest is you, the water, and a season.
What do you collect?
In the app, nothing. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. Your saved days never reach us.
Wave Whisperer™
Buy it once. Keep it for good.
- Free for 30 days.
- Then $1.99, one time. No subscription, no ads, no accounts.
Apple and Google Play are separate purchases.
Buoy School.
What a buoy is, how it works, and where each one sits relative to shore.
SoCal Hurricane Window.
The National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook and active storms, in one calm view. NHC's data, NHC's words, and no surf call.