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Hawaii & Pacific Surf Buoys

Every buoy Da Buoys covers — Hawaiian Islands and US Pacific Territories. The data, the spots it serves, and what the readings mean. Tap any buoy for a deeper read.

Hawaiian Islands

Famous surf destinations across all four major Hawaiian islands.

Oahu · North Shore

CDIP 106

Waimea Bay

The original big-wave proving ground. Sleeping until it isn't.

NNW to NW (315°–340°)

CDIP 106

Pipeline

The most photographed wave in surfing. Also the most consequential.

WNW to NW (290°–315°)

CDIP 106

Sunset Beach

The wave that taught a generation of pros how to read the ocean.

N to WNW (290°–360°)

Oahu · South Shore

CDIP 233

South Shore Oahu

Summer south swells, the lineup that raised Hawaiian surfing.

SSW to SSE (160°–210°)

Oahu · Windward

CDIP 098

Windward Oahu

Where the trades make the surf, all the way around the island.

NE to E (045°–110°)

Oahu · Leeward

CDIP 238

Barbers Point

The bridge between the South Shore and the West Side.

S in summer (170°–210°), W to NW in winter (260°–330°)

Maui · West Side

CDIP 239

West Maui

South-swell paradise. Lahaina to Olowalu, glass for days.

SSW to SSE (170°–200°), with summer S swells dominant

Maui · North Shore

CDIP 187

Ho'okipa

Maui's surf, windsurf, and SUP all-rounder. Mornings glass, afternoons fly.

N to NE (340°–050°)

Big Island · East Side

CDIP 188

Honoli'i

The Big Island's most consistent surf — a jungle river-mouth that just keeps working.

NE to E (040°–100°)

Kauai · North Shore

CDIP 202

Hanalei Bay

The bay every surfer drives across an island to find.

NW to NNE (340°–020°)

US Pacific Territories

Regional buoys serving Guam, the CNMI, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and American Samoa — same PacIOOS network, same Da Buoys app.

Guam · East Side

CDIP 121

Ipan, Guam

Guam's east-side trade-wind buoy.

NE to E trade-wind swell year-round; typhoon swells from any direction

Guam · North Tip

CDIP 196

Ritidian Point, Guam

Guam's northern-tip buoy — the early read on incoming swells.

Open exposure N, NW, NE, E — picks up everything

Saipan · West Side

CDIP 197

Tanapag, Saipan

The Northern Mariana Islands' wave-data lifeline.

Trade-wind swells (E/NE); typhoon swells from any direction

Palau · Northeast

CDIP 219

Ngaraard, Palau

Palau's wave-data feed for a famously remote reef coast.

NE trade-wind swells year-round; long-period N swells in winter

Yap · North

CDIP 272

Rumung, Yap

Yap's open-ocean buoy in the western Federated States of Micronesia.

NE trade-wind swells year-round; N swells in winter

Pohnpei · North

CDIP 178

North Point, Pohnpei

Pohnpei's north-coast buoy — guarding the gateway to P-Pass.

N to NE trade swells year-round; long-period N events in winter (P-Pass season)

Kosrae · South

CDIP 276

Utwe, Kosrae

Kosrae's south-coast buoy — Micronesia's most remote ocean data.

NE trade swells year-round; S swells in austral winter (Apr–Oct)

Majuro Atoll · Atoll

CDIP 163

Majuro, Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands' atoll-edge wave buoy.

NE trade swells year-round; N to NW long-period swells in winter

Tutuila · West Side

CDIP 273

Poloa, Tutuila (American Samoa)

American Samoa's western buoy — south-swell country.

S swells dominant April–October; NE trade swells secondary

Aunu'u · Island

CDIP 189

Aunu'u, American Samoa

American Samoa's eastern outpost buoy.

E trade swells year-round; S swells April–October

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