NOAA Buoys & Marine Weather
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Description
Check real conditions on the water before you head out. Buoys puts live NOAA observations, NWS marine forecasts, and tide predictions on one map — no account, no ads, and no paywall in front of safety data.
Built for boaters, anglers, surfers, sailors, and paddlers who want the numbers straight from the source: the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), the National Weather Service (NWS), and NOAA CO-OPS tide stations.
WHAT'S ON THE MAP
1,000+ NDBC buoys and coastal weather stations with live observations
NOAA CO-OPS tide prediction stations
Filter by station type; search by name, station ID, or any US place
LIVE BUOY OBSERVATIONS
Wind speed, gusts, and direction
Wave height, dominant period, and swell
Air and water temperature, and barometric pressure
Trend charts for recent hours
FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Hour-by-hour forecast: temperature, wind, and rain chance
Full 7-day forecast with precipitation probability
Three-day wave height forecast from the NWS marine grid — even offshore
Feels-like temperature right now
Active watches, warnings, and advisories, most severe first
TIDES
Next high and low tide at a glance
Tide curves from official NOAA harmonic predictions
SAVE YOUR SPOTS
Star the buoys and tide stations you check before heading out
Save any US place — a launch ramp, a beach, a harbor — and get its NWS forecast there
Favorites show live conditions the moment you open the app
BUILT ON TRUST
Every reading shows its source and observation time, so you always know how fresh the data is. When a sensor is silent or a location is outside NWS coverage, the app says so instead of showing stale numbers.
Buoys is not an official NOAA product. All data comes from public NOAA and NWS services (NDBC, api.weather.gov, CO-OPS), and readings can be delayed or incomplete — never rely on a single source for safety decisions on the water.
US coverage. No account required. Free.