Current readings
Current buoy data. Swell height, period, direction, and sea surface temperature, updated from the source.
Wave Whisperer™
Read the buoy. Watch the water. Train your call.
Current SoCal buoy readings:
Swell height, period, direction, and sea surface temperature.
No hype forecast.
You make the call.
$1.99 once
7-day free trial
iPhone · Mac · Android
Now vs yesterday.
Pick your buoy. Read the current numbers.
See how they changed since yesterday.
Save the swells worth remembering.
24hr comparison
Yesterday's numbers and color-coded changes.
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 trail of swells, with pinned all-time benchmark, Hurricane Marie (2014) for context.
Star a reading
Star the reading you'd want again. When the buoy reading matches, a star and its name light up right beside the current data.
Buoy School
Every reading explained, with links to the CDIP and NOAA definitions.
What it is.
A tool for building your own surf science skills over time.
It is not a forecast, an alert system, or a safety tool.
Public buoy and swell-station feeds from CDIP (Scripps) and NOAA/NDBC, across 10 stations: the SoCal core plus Pacific reference buoys.
No go-now calls. No pretending to know your break better than you do.
Use the data, watch the water, and apply your own judgment.
Buy it once.* Keep it for good.
- ✓$1.99, one time. No subscription, no ads, no accounts.
- ✓7-day free trial. Read the buoys for a week before you decide.
- ✓iPhone & Mac in one purchase. Buy on iPhone and the Mac app comes free. Android is sold separately on Google Play.
- ✓Yours forever. One unlock, every future update.
iPhone · coming soon
Mac · coming soon
Android · coming soon
* Once per app store. Apple (iPhone + Mac) and Google Play are separate purchases.
SoCal Hurricane Window.
A free, live page from the Wave Whisperer team, mapping active tropical storms and the swell window for Southern California. Checked hourly for the latest NHC advisories.