Observation network
Channel Coastal Observatory
Channel Coastal Observatory is the data centre of the National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes, publishing real-time wave measurements in the United Kingdom. In The Buoy, this source covers United Kingdom.
About this data source
Channel Coastal Observatory is the data centre of the National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes, publishing real-time wave measurements in the United Kingdom. In The Buoy, this source covers United Kingdom.
What this source publishes
The official site presents a network of six regional programmes collecting coastal monitoring data in a coordinated way, funded in five-year cycles by DEFRA through the Environment Agency. Real-time wave data is delivered mainly through the Channel Coastal Observatory under the Open Government Licence, with the note that these real-time data are not quality-controlled.
Buoys currently linked in the app
Deal Pier
Channel Coastal Observatory
Hastings Pier
Channel Coastal Observatory
Herne Bay
Channel Coastal Observatory
Lymington
Channel Coastal Observatory
Penarth
Channel Coastal Observatory
Sandown Pier
Channel Coastal Observatory
Second Severn Crossing
Channel Coastal Observatory
Swanage Pier
Channel Coastal Observatory