Wave intelligence
The systems in the sea
A buoy's significant wave height sums everything in the sea: long groundswell from a storm a thousand miles off, a closer swell, the chop of the local wind. Each buoy's measured directional spectrum is partitioned into those systems, which are followed through time, used to place the storms the swells came from, and checked for seas that cross.
- Stations analysed
- 162 of 164
- Newest spectrum
- 30 min ago
- Systems named
- 327
- Swell · wind sea
- 221 · 106
- Seas crossing
- 3 buoys
- Storms, last month
- 234 placed →
- Window
- The last 4 days
- Method
- Reference
The wave systems in each buoy's latest spectrum, largest first, and whether each is building or fading.
Each petal is a system, pointing to where it comes from, north up. Its length grows with height (the ring is 4 m); its width is the directional spread. Swell Wind sea Storm placed
No station matches. Try another name, or all regions.
| Station | Systems now | Seas crossing | Storm placed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnegat, NJ (209) 44091 · Eastern Seaboard North · 30 min ago |
| About 12500 km to the ESE (120°T) | |
| Bethany Beach, DE 44084 · Eastern Seaboard North · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Block Island, RI (154) 44097 · Eastern Seaboard North · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Boston, MA 44013 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| About 1350 km to the ENE (071°T) | |
| Buzzards Bay, MA (260) 44085 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Cape Cod Bay, MA (221) 44090 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Cape Henry, VA 44099 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Georges Bank, MA 44011 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Jeffrey's Ledge, NH 44098 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Jonesport, ME 44027 · Eastern Seaboard North · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Long Island, NY 44025 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Nantucket Offshore, MA 44008 · Eastern Seaboard North · 40 min ago |
| About 2050 km to the SSW (210°T) | |
| Nantucket Sound, MA 44020 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| New York Harbor Entrance, NY 44065 · Eastern Seaboard North · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Portland, ME 44007 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Thimble Shoal, VA 44087 · Eastern Seaboard North · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Virginia Beach Offshore, VA 44088 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Virginia Beach, VA 44014 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| About 1150 km to the S (178°T) | |
| East Lake Ontario 45012 · Great Lakes · 50 min ago |
| ||
| East Superior 45004 · Great Lakes · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Grand Island North, MI 45211 · Great Lakes · 30 min ago |
| ||
| McGulpin Point North, MI 45194 · Great Lakes · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Mid Superior 45001 · Great Lakes · 40 min ago |
| ||
| North Michigan 45002 · Great Lakes · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Oswego, NY 45215 · Great Lakes · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Rawley Point East, WI 45210 · Great Lakes · 30 min ago |
| ||
| West Superior 45006 · Great Lakes · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Canaveral East, FL 41010 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 1150 km to the ENE (062°T) | |
| Canaveral, FL 41009 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 5250 km to the ENE (059°T) | |
| Cape Canaveral Nearshore, FL 41113 · Eastern Seaboard South · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Cape Hatteras East, NC (250) 41120 · Eastern Seaboard South · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Diamond Shoals, NC 41025 · Eastern Seaboard South · 40 min ago |
| About 1000 km to the E (096°T) | |
| Duck FRF 26 m, NC 44100 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Duck FRF, NC 44056 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 5600 km to the E (088°T) | |
| Edisto, SC 41004 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Fernandina Beach, FL Offshore 41112 · Eastern Seaboard South · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Fort Pierce, FL (134) 41114 · Eastern Seaboard South · 30 min ago |
| About 4250 km to the ENE (071°T) | |
| Frying Pan Shoals, NC 41013 · Eastern Seaboard South · 50 min ago |
| About 2400 km to the ESE (102°T) | |
| Grays Reef, GA 41008 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Hollywood Beach, FL (265) 41122 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 5000 km to the NE (056°T) | |
| Masonboro Inlet, ILM2, NC (150) 41110 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 7450 km to the ESE (115°T) | |
| NE BAHAMAS - 350 NM ENE of Nassau, Bahamas 41047 · Eastern Seaboard South · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Nags Head, NC 44086 · Eastern Seaboard South · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Onslow Bay Outer, NC (217) 41159 · Eastern Seaboard South · 30 min ago |
| About 5650 km to the ESE (109°T) | |
| Oregon Inlet, NC 44095 · Eastern Seaboard South · 30 min ago |
| ||
| South Bermuda 41049 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 3100 km to the NNE (032°T) | |
| South Hatteras 41002 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 1100 km to the SSE (155°T) | |
| St. Augustine, FL (194) 41117 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 5450 km to the ENE (063°T) | |
| West Bermuda 41048 · Eastern Seaboard South · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Aransas Pass Channel Entrance, TX 42092 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Bay of Campeche, MX 42055 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Egmont Channel Entrance, FL 42098 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Galveston, TX 42035 · Gulf of Mexico · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Mid Gulf 42001 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Offshore St. Petersburg, FL 42099 · Gulf of Mexico · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Orange Beach, AL 42012 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Pensacola, FL 42039 · Gulf of Mexico · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Satan Shoal, FL 42095 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Southwest Pass Entrance W, LA 42084 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| West Gulf 42002 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| About 1050 km to the E (082°T) | |
| West Tampa, FL 42036 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Yucatan Basin, MX 42056 · Gulf of Mexico · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Arecibo, PR 41121 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Caribbean Valley 42060 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Central Caribbean 42058 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| ||
| East Bahamas 41046 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| About 4350 km to the E (091°T) | |
| NE Puerto Rico 41043 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| ||
| NE St Martin 41044 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| About 6250 km to the NNE (032°T) | |
| North Equatorial One 41040 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| ||
| North Equatorial Two 41041 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Western Caribbean 42057 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 40 min ago |
| 65° apart | About 600 km to the ESE (113°T) |
| Bodega Bay, CA 46013 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 2350 km to the WNW (302°T) | |
| Cape Mendocino, CA (094) 46213 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 3550 km to the WNW (293°T) | |
| Cape San Martin, CA 46028 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 4000 km to the SW (229°T) | |
| Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA 46285 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Del Mar Nearshore, CA 46266 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Diablo Canyon, CA 46215 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 3000 km to the W (261°T) | |
| East Santa Barbara, CA 46053 · California | No spectrum in the last six hours | ||
| Eel River, CA 46022 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 6150 km to the WNW (303°T) | |
| Green Beach Offshore 46277 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Harvest, CA (071) 46218 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 3200 km to the NW (304°T) | |
| Leucadia Nearshore 46274 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Long Beach Channel, CA 46256 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Mission Bay West, CA 46258 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 3050 km to the WSW (248°T) | |
| Monterey Canyon Outer, CA (156) 46236 · California · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Monterey, CA 46042 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 4500 km to the NW (313°T) | |
| Oceanside Offshore, CA 46224 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Point Arena, CA 46014 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 1800 km to the WNW (301°T) | |
| Point Loma South, CA 46232 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 3600 km to the WSW (247°T) | |
| Point Reyes, CA 46214 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 6150 km to the W (275°T) | |
| Point Sur, CA (157) 46239 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 5750 km to the WNW (299°T) | |
| Red Beach Nearshore 46275 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| San Francisco, CA 46026 · California · 50 min ago |
| About 5200 km to the W (262°T) | |
| San Nicolas Island, CA 46219 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 3300 km to the NW (308°T) | |
| San Pedro South, CA 46253 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| San Pedro, CA 46222 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Santa Cruz Basin, CA 46251 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA 46259 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 5750 km to the NW (304°T) | |
| Santa Maria, CA 46011 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 5150 km to the WNW (298°T) | |
| Santa Monica Basin, CA 46025 · California · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Santa Monica Bay, CA 46221 · California · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Scripps Nearshore, CA 46254 · California · 1 h ago |
| ||
| South Santa Rosa Island, CA 46069 · California · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Southeast Papa 46006 · California · 1 h ago |
| ||
| St Georges, CA 46027 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 2800 km to the WNW (295°T) | |
| Tanner Bank, CA 46047 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 4750 km to the WNW (300°T) | |
| Topanga Nearshore 46268 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 9350 km to the SSW (207°T) | |
| Torrey Pines Outer, CA 46225 · California · 30 min ago |
| About 3150 km to the W (276°T) | |
| West California 46059 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 3300 km to the NW (312°T) | |
| West Santa Barbara, CA 46054 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 5200 km to the NW (304°T) | |
| Angeles Point, WA (248) 46267 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Astoria Canyon, OR (179) 46248 · Pacific Northwest · 30 min ago |
| About 2500 km to the WNW (292°T) | |
| Cape Elizabeth, WA 46041 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 7950 km to the WNW (291°T) | |
| Clatsop Spit, OR 46243 · Pacific Northwest · 30 min ago |
| About 1150 km to the W (263°T) | |
| Columbia River Bar, OR 46029 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 8150 km to the WNW (294°T) | |
| Grays Harbor, WA 46211 · Pacific Northwest · 30 min ago |
| About 2900 km to the W (281°T) | |
| Neah Bay, WA 46087 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 1000 km to the W (268°T) | |
| New Dungeness, WA 46088 · Pacific Northwest · 40 min ago |
| ||
| Ocean Station PAPA (166) 46246 · Pacific Northwest · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Port Orford, OR 46015 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 6550 km to the WNW (301°T) | |
| Stonewall Bank, OR 46050 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 1400 km to the W (264°T) | |
| Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR 46278 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Tillamook, OR 46089 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 1800 km to the W (260°T) | |
| Umpqua, OR Offshore 46229 · Pacific Northwest · 30 min ago |
| ||
| West Oregon 46002 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 2200 km to the WNW (291°T) | |
| West Washington 46005 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Albatross Bank, AK 46078 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 3100 km to the WSW (240°T) | |
| Cape Cleare, AK 46076 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Cape Edgecumbe, AK 46084 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 6300 km to the WSW (251°T) | |
| Cape Suckling, AK 46082 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 4550 km to the SSW (213°T) | |
| Central Aleutians, AK 46072 · Alaska · 50 min ago |
| ||
| Central Bering Sea, AK Offshore 46035 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Central Gulf of Alaska 46085 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Fairweather Ground, AK 46083 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 750 km to the WSW (244°T) | |
| Lower Cook Inlet, AK 46108 · Alaska · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Portlock Bank, AK 46080 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 3600 km to the SSW (208°T) | |
| Seal Rocks, AK 46061 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Shelikof Strait, AK 46077 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Shumagin Islands, AK 46075 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| South Kodiak, AK 46066 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Southeast Bering Sea, AK 46073 · Alaska | No spectrum in the last six hours | ||
| Southwest Bering Sea, AK 46070 · Alaska · 50 min ago |
| ||
| W Aleutians (Amchitka), AK 46071 · Alaska · 51 min ago |
| ||
| W Gulf of Alaska 46001 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 3750 km to the WSW (243°T) | |
| West Orca Bay, AK 46060 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Western Prince William Sound 46081 · Alaska · 1 h ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI (238) 51212 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| About 2100 km to the S (188°T) | |
| Hilo, HI 51206 · Hawaii · 30 min ago |
| About 4000 km to the NNW (328°T) | |
| Mokapu Point, Oahu, HI 51202 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| ||
| NW Hawaii - 200 NM NW of Kauai 51001 · Hawaii · 50 min ago |
| About 1400 km to the S (180°T) | |
| Northern Hawaii One 51000 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Northwestern Hawaii Two 51101 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| About 2500 km to the SSE (147°T) | |
| Pauwela, Maui, HI 51205 · Hawaii · 30 min ago |
| About 2750 km to the NW (326°T) | |
| Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI (233) 51211 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| ||
| SE Hawaii - 200 NM SE of Hilo 51004 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| 130° apart | About 4250 km to the NNW (344°T) |
| SW Hawaii - 200 NM SW of Kona 51002 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Waimea Bay, HI 51201 · Hawaii · 30 min ago |
| ||
| Western Hawaii 51003 · Hawaii · 50 min ago |
| ||
| Aunuu, American Samoa 51209 · Pacific islands · 30 min ago |
| ||
| King-Poloa, American Samoa 51214 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Ngaraard, Palau 52212 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
| ||
| North Point, Pohnpei 52213 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
| ||
| Pikareej, Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands 52216 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
| 140° apart | |
| Rumung, Yap 52214 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
| ||