// for surfers done guessing

The buoy doesn't lie. Your forecast does.

The big forecast apps read the same free NOAA buoys you can — then wrap them in a paywall and a story. buoytruth shows you the raw reading next to their claim, every morning, with one call: worth paddling, or go back to bed.

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iphone · raw NDBC data · no cams, no editorial

9:41 Huntington Beach STN 46253 · 06:04 · TIDE 2.1 RISING THE FORECAST SAID 2–3 ft · FAIR "observed" 05:30 — sure it was THE BUOY SAYS 5.8ft @ 14s SW 210° · WIND 4KT OFFSHORE RAW NDBC · 12 MIN AGO GO — solid overhead sets FORECAST UNDER-CALLING ~2X Share receipt Set window alarm NEXT WINDOW: TOMORROW 05:45 BEFORE ONSHORE
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184upvotes: guy who wall-mounted his own buoy display
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how it works

Reality, claim, verdict.

01

Pick your break

We pair it with the nearest NDBC buoys — the same instruments the big apps quietly read.

02

See both numbers

Raw buoy reality next to the forecast's story, every morning. The gap speaks for itself.

03

Get the call

Worth paddling — one line. Plus an alarm when your window opens, before the wind turns.

receipts

You already stopped trusting the forecast.

"It said 2–3 ft observed. I was at the same beach and it was well overhead on the sets. Unforgivable."

r/surfing — on the "observed" label

"Premium is utter garbage… I hate myself for paying for this."

r/surfing — 55 upvotes

"Why does surfline routinely lie about forecasters 'observing' the conditions?"

r/surfing — 35 upvotes, no good answer

Check the buoy. Catch the window. Keep the receipt.

No cams. No editorial. The ocean's own instruments and a straight answer.

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