Buoys near Mavericks

10 active NOAA stations report within 150 km of Mavericks. The closest wave buoy is NDBC 46237 (San Francisco Bar, CA), 35 km NNW of the break. 3 of them sit upstream in the swell window, so they register an incoming swell before it reaches the sand.

Stations are ranked by how much they tell you about Mavericks, not just by distance: a buoy sitting upstream — in the direction the swell comes from (about WNW here) — registers a new swell before it reaches the break, so it earns a lead time; a buoy behind an island is marked as shadowed; stale reports rank below fresh ones. Readings are the latest public NOAA observations and refresh hourly.