Surf Report Buoys by Buoywatch
Wave Weather & Surfing NOAA
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone
▶ Buoy readings made easy for surfing
▶ New iOS widgets!
▶ Swell size notifications to score the best surf
▶ Historic charts
▶ New watchOS wind and wave complications
Surf reports in real-time by checking nearby marine weather buoys. Avoid relying on inaccurate forecasts.
Wave reports & buoy readings made easy for surfing (wave sizes, swell direction and period, wind speed/direction and more).
Get aware if the surf is good in advance.
Too often swell arrives later than predicted, checking the buoy waves data you can determine if the swell has arrived. If not, go back to bed =)
▶ Over 450 NOAA & worldwide buoys.
▶ iOS Home and Lock screen widgets!
▶ Waves size notifications to score the best surf.
▶ Favorites buoys.
▶ New watchOS complications.
▶ Historic charts.
▶ Dark or Light mode support.
▶ HOW IT WORKS
Set your nearest or preferred buoy as your main one and your are ready to get real-time updates, 24-hour chart data, buoy alerts and much more.
You will be able to set Modular, Graphic and Circular complications that will display buoy data at a glance.
If offline, lastly marine buoys observations will always be available for your main buoy.
Buoy readings include swell size, direction and period. Some buoys provide weather information, such as wind direction, wind speed, air and water temperature.
Buoy data is provided by the National Data Buoy Center of NOAA (http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov), Candhis (https://candhis.cerema.fr/), Meteo-France (https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/), Puertos del Estado (https://puertos.es) and other public services.
Please check that there are wave buoys in your area before purchasing.
Covered Areas:
- North America:
US Pacific: Washington to California
US Atlantic: Main to Florida
Alaska
US Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
US/Canada Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
- Hawaii
- Australia
- Europe
- Caribbean
- Samoa
- Guam
- Marshall Islands
- Pohnpei, Micronesia
- Palau, Micronesia
Terms of service:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
▶ New watchOS complications & smart stacks.
▶ New language support: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Russian and Swedish.
Subscriptions
In-App Purchases
The developer, Pablo Paciello, 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:
- Purchases
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Pablo Paciello
- Size
- 41.8 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 7.0 or later.
- Languages
English and 15 more
- English, Arabic, Basque, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Buoywatch Lifetime $19.99
- PRO Subscription 1yr $9.99
- PRO Subscription 1yr $49.99
- PRO Subscription monthly $4.99
- PRO Subscription weekly $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2025 Pablo Paciello & Rafaela Sinopoli