California, North Wave Buoys

Local California, North 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:

46013 Bodega Bay - 48NM North Northwest of San Francisco, CA.
46014 PT ARENA - 19NM North of Point Arena, CA.
46022 EEL RIVER - 17NM West-Southwest of Eureka, CA.
46027 ST GEORGES - 8NM West Northwest of Crescent City, CA
46026 SAN FRANCISCO - 18NM West of San Francisco, CA
46212 Humboldt Bay South Spit, CA (128)
46213 Cape Mendocino, CA (094)
46214 Point Reyes, CA (029)
46237 San Francisco Bar, CA (142)
46244 Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA

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...