Surf Report Buoys by Buoywatch

Name: Surf Report Buoys by Buoywatch
Rating: 4.8 (30 reviews)
Author: Pablo Paciello

By: Pablo Paciello App

Wave Weather & Surfing NOAA

Overview

Version:

2.6.1

Last updated: 2026-03-02

Ranking

#207,761 ▼ 170

Overall

Features & Capabilities

▶ 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

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Pablo Paciello

Rating:

4.80

(30)

Version:

2.6.1 Last updated: 2026-03-02

Version code:

882921524

Creation date:

2019-09-19

Compatible devices:

Size:

40.69MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-10

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 207,761 ▼ 170

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Developed by:

Pablo Paciello

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/surf-report-buoys-by-buoywatch/id1479691525

User Reviews

Great app with great design maybe add better iPad support but overall amazing

by Un*****, 2025-09-04

edit: received developer response. amended rating. hoping to see continued progress :^) i’ve had this app for a long time. for a while i thought it’d been abandoned, but recently it has been getting better fairly consistently. i recently paid for the Pro version and, while i have no idea what exactly that entitles one to, i will note that the data refreshes seem more immediate and snappy. is that Pro? dunno. the developer needs to follow Apple’s lead with watchOS 10 and pivot the app to a “Widget first” functionality, which massively improves background refresh while minimizing battery impact. PLEASE ADD watchOS WIDGET!! the improvements are welcome. hope to see more