California, South Wave Buoys

Local California, South wave buoys are also listed on the map on the main surf reports page (the small circle icons) or here is a comprehensive list of buoys in the region:

46023 PT ARGUELLO - 17NM West Northwest of Point Arguello, CA
46025 Santa Monica Basin - 33NM West Southwest of Santa Monica, CA
46054 SANTA BARBARA W 38 NM West of Santa Barbara, CA
46063 Pt.Conception, CA - 50NM West of Santa Barbara, CA.
46069 South Santa Rosa Island, CA
46216 Goleta Point, CA
46217 Anacapa Passage, CA
46223 Dana Point, CA (096)
46221 Santa Monica Bay, CA (028)
46222 San Pedro, CA (092)
46242 Camp Pendleton Nearshore
46224 Oceanside Offshore
46241 San Elijo Nearshore
46225 Torrey Pines Outer
46231 Mission Bay
46218 Harvest, CA (071)
46219 San Nicolas Island, CA (067)
46232 Point Loma South, CA (191)
46235 Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA (155)
46238 San Nicolas Island North, CA (167)
46245 Ventura Nearshore, CA - 169

SwellTrack

The NOAA choose a number of buoy locations to issue full spectral forecasts for. Although the wave buoy doesn't actually have anything to do with the forecast (The SwellTrack spectral information is all produced by the NWWIII Model) it's useful to compare the SwellTrack with the actual observations to spot the arrival of a new swell front. These spectral forecasts are simply the most detailed idea of what's coming in the days ahead...