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.
121.1 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 · 106 reporting
- Highest seas
- 3.4 m Banqureau Banks, NS
- Typical seas
- 0.9 m median
- Water
- 11–24 °C
Great Lakes
139 stations · 128 reporting
- Highest seas
- 1.9 m West Superior
- Typical seas
- 0.5 m median
- Water
- 7–19 °C
Inland lakes
4 stations · 1 reporting
Eastern Seaboard South
73 stations · 69 reporting
- Highest seas
- 1.6 m West Bermuda
- Typical seas
- 0.7 m median
- Water
- 20–30 °C
Gulf of Mexico
113 stations · 105 reporting
- Highest seas
- 1.6 m Aransas Pass Channel Entrance, TX
- Typical seas
- 0.7 m median
- Water
- 24–31 °C
Caribbean and tropical Atlantic
25 stations · 25 reporting
- Highest seas
- 1.9 m Central Caribbean
- Typical seas
- 1.2 m median
- Water
- 27–30 °C
California
74 stations · 69 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.7 m Cape San Martin, CA
- Typical seas
- 1.8 m median
- Water
- 11–24 °C
Pacific Northwest
64 stations · 62 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.5 m East Dellwood
- Typical seas
- 1.5 m median
- Water
- 9–17 °C
Alaska
122 stations · 120 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.6 m Southeast Bering Sea, AK
- Typical seas
- 1.7 m median
- Water
- 4–12 °C
Hawaii
24 stations · 24 reporting
- Highest seas
- 2.7 m NW Hawaii - 200 NM NW of Kauai
- Typical seas
- 2.0 m median
- Water
- 26–29 °C
Pacific islands
11 stations · 11 reporting
- Highest seas
- 3.0 m Aunuu, American Samoa
- Typical seas
- 1.7 m median
- Water
- 27–30 °C