Buoy maps Buoy wind time series Below are graphs of time series of surface winds from selected NDBC buoys.
Time increases in the vertical.
One wind arrow is plotted for each hour, beginning at 8 am and going to 6 pm. Days of Coastal Waves surveys are plotted. The buoy maps are listed by the region that was surveyed. The buoys are all within 15 km of the coast, but represent our best picture of the conditions over the whole California coastline. Note how on certain days, strong equatorwards winds seem to begin at a coastal promenatory such as Cape Mendicino and continue in strength down the coast.