NOAA National Data Buoy Center
Data from the Bering Sea to Samoa
Observations from the buoys, coastal stations, tide gauges and estuary stations run by NOAA and its partners, across two oceans, the Caribbean and the Great Lakes: charted and analysed.
128.9 million data points collected since April 2025
Column height: significant wave height Brightness: dominant period, 4 to 16 s
By region
Around the coasts
Eastern Seaboard North
108 stations · 105 reporting
- Highest seas
- 1.8 m Banqureau Banks, NS
- Typical seas
- 0.7 m median
- Water
- 10–23 °C
Great Lakes
129 stations · 114 reporting
- Highest seas
- 1.1 m North Michigan
- Typical seas
- 0.2 m median
- Water
- 8–17 °C
Inland lakes
1 stations · 0 reporting
Eastern Seaboard South
73 stations · 70 reporting
- Highest seas
- 4.1 m Canaveral East, FL
- Typical seas
- 2.0 m median
- Water
- 17–29 °C
Gulf of Mexico
111 stations · 109 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.3 m Offshore St. Petersburg, FL
- Typical seas
- 1.0 m median
- Water
- 22–30 °C
Caribbean and tropical Atlantic
25 stations · 25 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.1 m North Equatorial Two
- Typical seas
- 1.3 m median
- Water
- 24–31 °C
California
72 stations · 70 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.6 m Point Arena, CA
- Typical seas
- 1.4 m median
- Water
- 13–25 °C
Pacific Northwest
62 stations · 60 reporting
- Highest seas
- 3.2 m Tillamook, OR
- Typical seas
- 2.2 m median
- Water
- 8–15 °C
Alaska
120 stations · 120 reporting
- Highest seas
- 4.9 m W Aleutians (Amchitka), AK
- Typical seas
- 1.1 m median
- Water
- 2–11 °C
Hawaii
23 stations · 23 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.2 m NW Hawaii - 200 NM NW of Kauai
- Typical seas
- 1.7 m median
- Water
- 26–29 °C
Pacific islands
11 stations · 9 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.3 m Aunuu, American Samoa
- Typical seas
- 1.6 m median
- Water
- 27–30 °C