Read the buoy. Watch the water. Train your call.

Wave Whisperer™ shows current SoCal buoy readings: swell height, period, direction, and sea surface temperature, straight from CDIP and NOAA/NDBC. No hype forecast. You make the call.

$1.99 once 7-day free trial iPhone & Mac
Coming Soon iPhone Mac Android
What it does

One screen. Real context.

Open the app, pick your buoy, read the live numbers, see how they moved since yesterday, then save the swells worth remembering.

Current readings

Live buoy data, clearly: swell height, period, direction, and sea surface temperature, updated straight from the source.

24hr comparison

Yesterday's numbers and color-coded changes.

Swell compass

A live instrument dial aligns swell direction to true north as you turn your phone toward the break.

Capture & history

Save a reading, name the session, and build your own trail of swells so future days have better context.

All-time swells

Benchmark against pinned reference events: Hurricane Marie (2014) and the June 2026 south swell, per buoy.

Share a reading

Send a clean image card of the current numbers (buoy, station, and the four readings) in a tap.

Data + guide

What it is. And what it is not.

Wave Whisperer is for reading buoy data and building your own surf sense over time. It is not a forecast, an alert system, or a safety tool.

Source data

Public buoy and swell-station feeds from CDIP (Scripps) and NOAA/NDBC, across 10 stations: the SoCal core plus Pacific reference buoys.

No crystal ball

No go-now calls. No pretending to know your break better than you do. The numbers, not a forecast.

You make the call

Use the data, watch the water, and apply your own judgment.

SoCal Hurricane Window.

A free live page from the Wave Whisperer team, mapping active tropical storms and the swell window they open for Southern California. Checked hourly for the latest NHC advisories. Open to everyone, no app required.

Open the page →

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 included. Buy on iPhone and the Mac app comes free. One Universal Purchase.
  • Yours forever. One unlock, every future update.
iPhone · coming soon Mac · coming soon Android · coming soon
Wave Whisperer unlock screen: Live buoy readings, 24hr comparisons, Saved history, No subscription. Unlock for $1.99, one-time payment, yours forever