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Coastal Data System - Historical wave data

Created 11/11/2025

Updated 11/11/2025

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Historically measured/calculated wave parameters. Measured and derived wave data from data collected by oceanographic wave measuring buoys anchored at locations on the Queensland coastline. 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. Dir_Tp TRUE - Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from. SST - Approximation of sea surface temperature.

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Title Coastal Data System - Historical wave data
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/97c218c4-f8e3-474d-b838-2d8469cebd0e
Remote Last Updated 14/07/2025
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
coastal.sciences@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 09/10/2014
Geospatial Coverage Queensland
Data Portal Queensland Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System - Historical wave data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-historical-wave-data