wave observation

Queensland Coastal Data System waves

Queensland’s Coastal Data System publishes measured and derived wave parameters from anchored monitoring buoys. La Bouée presents supported sites with significant and maximum wave height, zero-crossing and peak periods, peak direction and sea-surface temperature where available. Records are measurements, not forecasts, and site outages or archive publication schedules can create gaps.
Official source

25

active buoys

significant wave height, maximum wave height, wave period, wave direction, water temperature

Available variables

Approximately 26.6-minute records; public archive resources are published by site and year

Update cadence

Provenance and attribution

Queensland wave data © The State of Queensland, CC BY 4.0

operator

Queensland Government

License and terms

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Official terms

Geographic coverage

Wave monitoring sites along Queensland’s exposed coastline

Buoy coverage map

25 active buoys

active buoy

Wide Bay