Check the coast. Make the call. Jot the moment.
Know what the coast is doing before you drive out to it.
SeaJot reads NOAA tide, weather, buoy and alert data for a beach and gives you a plain answer about whether to go — with the reason attached, and nothing invented when the data is missing.
How SeaJot decides
1
Real NOAA data only
Tide predictions from CO-OPS, forecasts from the National Weather Service, waves and water temperature from NDBC buoys. Every number on a page names the station it came from.
2
Rated by the limiting factor
An activity is judged by its worst relevant condition, not an average. A warm afternoon with 25 mph wind is not a good beach day, and averaging would hide that.
3
Gaps stay gaps
When a buoy is offline or a beach has no wave data at all, SeaJot says so. There are no estimates standing in for measurements.
Check conditions by activity
Locations SeaJot covers
See conditions everywhereA deliberately small, hand-checked set. Each location has verified NOAA station assignments rather than a nearest-guess, which is why there are a dozen and not a thousand.
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, California
Southern California Coast
Beach Day · Surfing · Fishing · Swimming · Beachcombing · Paddleboarding
Santa Monica Beach
Santa Monica, California
Southern California Coast
Beach Day · Swimming · Fishing · Beachcombing · Paddleboarding
La Jolla Shores
San Diego, California
Southern California Coast
Beach Day · Swimming · Kayaking · Surfing · Beachcombing · Paddleboarding
Monterey State Beach
Monterey, California
Southern California Coast
Beach Day · Beachcombing · Kayaking · Fishing · Shelling
Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Pacific Northwest Coast
Beach Day · Beachcombing · Shelling · Surfing · Fishing
Alki Beach
Seattle, Washington
Pacific Northwest Coast
Beach Day · Beachcombing · Kayaking · Paddleboarding · Fishing
Waikiki Beach
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Beach Day · Swimming · Surfing · Paddleboarding · Fishing
Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Florida
South Atlantic Coast
Beach Day · Swimming · Fishing · Paddleboarding · Shelling
Clearwater Beach
Clearwater, Florida
Gulf Coast
Beach Day · Swimming · Shelling · Beachcombing · Paddleboarding · Kayaking
Nags Head
Nags Head, North Carolina
South Atlantic Coast
Beach Day · Fishing · Surfing · Beachcombing · Shelling
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Mid-Atlantic Coast
Beach Day · Swimming · Fishing · Surfing · Beachcombing
Coast Guard Beach
Eastham, Massachusetts
New England Coast
Beach Day · Beachcombing · Surfing · Fishing · Shelling