The wave equation, ∂_{$tt$}$u$=Δ$u$, in ℝ^{$n$+1}, considered with initial data$u$($x$,0)=$f$∈$H$^{$s$}(ℝ^{$n$}) and$u$’($x$,0)=0, has a solution which we denote by $\frac{1}{2}(e^{it\sqrt{-\Delta}}f+e^{-it\sqrt{-\Delta}}f)$ . We give almost sharp conditions under which $\sup_{0<t<1}|e^{\pm it\sqrt{-\Delta}}f|$ and $\sup_{t\in\mathbb{R}}|e^{\pm it\sqrt{-\Delta}}f|$ are bounded from$H$^{$s$}(ℝ^{$n$}) to$L$^{$q$}(ℝ^{$n$}).