Vancouver Island Wave Buoys

Local Vancouver Island 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:

46087 Neah Bay, WA (Traffic Separation Lighted Buoy "JA")
46088 New Dungeness, WA (Hein Bank)
46132 South Brooks
46206 La Perouse Bank
46207 East Dellwood
45141 Great Slave Lake
45150 Great Slave Lake North
46005 WASHINGTON 315NM West of Aberdeen, WA
46036 South Nomad
46131 Sentry Shoal
46138 South Hecate Strait, Canada (174)
46146 Halibut Bank
46147 South Moresby
46181 Nanakwa Shoal
46185 South Hecate Strait
46204 West Sea Otter

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...