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Coastal Data System - Waves (East of Jenny Louise Shoal - Cairns Deepwater)

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 Cairns. For more information please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves. Field names; 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 - Approximation of sea surface temperature.

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Title Coastal Data System - Waves (East of Jenny Louise Shoal - Cairns Deepwater)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/277788c3-d661-44f7-9450-89309807cd3e
Remote Last Updated 18/11/2022
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
coastal.sciences@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 05/08/2022
Geospatial Coverage Queensland
Data Portal Queensland Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System - Waves (East of Jenny Louise Shoal - Cairns Deepwater)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-waves-eojls-cairns-deepwater