The heights and periods of waves were measured at Davenport, California, between July 1953 and November 1954, mostly by means of a surface‐type wave gage. Certain results, expressed in terms of the ratios of maximum, average of the highest one‐tenth, and mean wave heights to the average of the highest one‐third of the waves for specified time intervals, are compared with similar published data obtained by bottom pressure recorders; these ratios were found to be lower than the ratios from the bottom pressure recorder records. In addition, a few months' wave records are presented for Pt. Arguello, Pt. Sur, and Pt. Pinos, California.