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Coastal Data System - Waves (Skardon River Inner)

Created 11/11/2025

Updated 11/11/2025

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Measured and derived wave parameters from data collected by a wave monitoring buoy anchored at Skardon River Inshore. For more information please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves. Field names are; Hs - Significant wave height, an average of the highest third of the waves in a record (26.6 minute recording period). Hmax - The maximum wave height in the record. Tz - The zero upcrossing wave period. Tp - The peak energy wave period. Peak Direction - Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from. SST - Sea Surface Temperature as measured by a sensor embedded in the hull of the buoy.

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Title Coastal Data System - Waves (Skardon River Inner)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/56707c11-2ef0-4f8a-9c97-faff4e265b85
Remote Last Updated 03/02/2023
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Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
opendata@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 10/11/2022
Geospatial Coverage Queensland
Data Portal Queensland Government

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This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System - Waves (Skardon River Inner)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-waves-skardon-river-inner