NOAA Buoy Reports & Data

4.4
34 reviews
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

This is the no-nonsense app to get you all the buoy information you need without the clutter of tide or weather forecasts.

You can quickly find current buoy conditions with our intuitive map and past buoy data with our interactive graphs.

Data is available for over 900 buoys and over 200 ships worldwide. Including both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans off of the United States and Canada, the Great Lakes, the Caribbean, and the waters around Ireland and Great Britain.

With NOAA Buoy Reports, you get:
- Intuitive map interface
- Quick-view Favorites
- Locations of Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, and Cyclones per NHC
- Interactive Map Legend
- Full buoy current conditions (always free)
- Ship observations (free preview)
- Buoy Cams
- Past buoy data (up to 45 days ago with Premium upgrade)
- Interactive graphs
- Units in Metric or English
- Readings in local time
- Share data via Facebook, Twitter, Email, iMessage, etc.
- Home Screen widget to monitor your favorites

With our intuitive map interface, just tap on any buoy to get its latest reported conditions. A second tap will give you a complete summary of current conditions, or a graph of wind, wave, temperature, or pressure information so you can not only see what it's doing now, but what it was doing this morning, or even last week.

You can also add "Favorites" to quickly see what you are important to you with just a glance, and even monitor your favorites with the included Today widget.

This app DOES NOT provide tide data, or maritime or other weather forecasts. There are dedicated apps for these from other publishers that do an excellent job. This app specializes exclusively on buoy and ship observation data.

Please note that not all buoys have all types of data available, and buoy's do experience intermittent outages - a life at sea can be harsh!

Raw source data compliments of NOAA, National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), and the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Juggernaut Technology, Inc. is not associated with NOAA, NDBC, NHC, or any other government organization. Juggernaut Technology, Inc. is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by its use.
Updated on
May 25, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.4
33 reviews
Uche Akwuba II
April 25, 2023
Good app either in Free or Paid. But pay them, this is a good product.
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Monkey Barrel
March 16, 2022
5* SO FAR! Just now downloaded this app because of the March 16, 2022 Honshu, Japan tsunami threat. I want to see if buoys were being tossed about so I would know if I should be watchful here on the Oregon Coast. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the buoy I tapped on says there is currently no reading. So either that buoy's reading are out of service or there is truly no threat. But I figure, every little bit helps. So I think Im really liking this app so far. I will update if it is problematic.
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Juggernaut Technology, Inc.
March 16, 2022
Thank you for trying the app and the review! One word of caution though, due to the nature of Tsunami waves (small height in deep ocean, only get big in shallow water), using the wave height reported from buoys is not a good indicator of tsunami threat. For tsunami threats, a great source of info is official NOAA web page at "https://Tsunami.Gov".
Jim Foster
December 2, 2022
So far no wave data, but not sure if those particular bouys have it...
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Juggernaut Technology, Inc.
December 6, 2022
About 30% of the buoys have instrumentation on them to record wave data, and many of those only do so intermittently. And buoys lead a hard life and sometimes break down. The next update will help indicate which buoys are capable of reporting Wave data. If you (or anyone) have questions, please contact us via the App or at apps@Juggernaut-Tech.com

What's new

+ More Buoys!
+ Performance, User Interface, and Stability improvements.

If you have any questions, problems, or comments, please email us at help@NOAABuoyReports.com!