New England Wave Buoys

Local New England 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:

44005 GULF OF MAINE 78 NM EAST OF PORTSMOUTH,NH
44007 PORTLAND 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME
44013 BOSTON 16 NM East of Boston, MA
44018 SE Cape Cod 30NM East of Nantucket, MA
44011 GEORGES BANK 170 NM East of Hyannis
44097 Block Island
44004 HOTEL 200NM East of Cape May,NJ
44008 NANTUCKET 54NM Southeast of Nantucket
44020 NANTUCKET SOUND
44029 Buoy A0102 - Mass. Bay/Stellwagen
44030 Buoy B0102 - Western Maine Shelf
44032 Buoy E0104 - Central Maine Shelf
44033 Buoy F0103 - West Penobscot Bay
44034 Buoy I0103 - Eastern Maine Shelf
44037 Buoy M0102 - Jordan Basin
44070 Buzzards Bay MA. Offshore

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...