Buoys near Ocean Beach (SF)

9 active NOAA stations report within 150 km of Ocean Beach (SF). The closest wave buoy is NDBC 46237 (San Francisco Bar, CA), 11 km WNW of the break and upstream of it in the swell window.

Stations are ranked by how much they tell you about Ocean Beach (SF), not just by distance: a buoy sitting upstream — in the direction the swell comes from (about W 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.