Your favorite buoy, always in view — now with Widget and Live Activity support.
Drift turns the real ocean into sound you can feel.
Using live data from NOAA ocean buoys around the world, Drift generates ambient soundscapes that shift and evolve in real time.
Wave height, swell period, wind speed, and water temperature shape layered audio through studio-grade DSP synthesis.
Every moment is unique.
Whether you're working, meditating, sleeping, or just decompressing, Drift gives you a living connection to the sea.
How it works:
- Select any buoy within the NOAA network
- Drift maps the buoy's real-time measurements to audio parameters using custom signal processing.
- As ocean conditions change, your soundscape changes with them.
A calm day in Monterey sounds nothing like a winter storm off the Oregon coast.
Features:
- Live NOAA buoy data driving real-time generative audio
- Choose from buoy stations across both US and Canada coastlines
- Layered ocean, rain, and wind synthesis
- Studio-grade DSP engine built for rich, immersive sound
- Designed for focus, sleep, relaxation, and deep listening
The ocean is always moving. Now you can hear it.
Really enjoy the localization and selection of buoy’s around me. Very interesting app and excellent user experience. Calming and enjoyable to listen and reflect it just have on in the background for white noise. Should help falling to sleep with my tinnitus.
Astounding app
Flyguy from da 516
I love close enough to the water to be lulled to sleep by the waves and have trouble falling asleep when I’m OT. Love the app as it uses the local data to recreate the ambient noise I’m learning is hard to live without. Thanks Big A
This is what technology is for
Sktbrd20
Is now my go to for calming sounds when I can’t get to the beach. Perfect for naps, or falling asleep. My mind and nervous system thank you Alex!
Brings the beach to your office
Ludweezy
This is my go soundtrack for reading, working, and going to bed. The fact that it uses real time ocean data to curate the ocean sounds is so sick 🤙
- New: Added widget support to view buoy stats on your home screen
- New: Added Live Activity showing live conditions for your spot
- New: Search for buoy stations by name from the map screen
- Fixed an issue where audio wouldn't resume after an ignored phone call
- Improved audio engine stability and responsiveness
Version 1.10
The developer, Alex Scarlett, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
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Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
