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Manly Hydraulics Laboratory Waverider buoys - Sea surface temperature data

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) (part of the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE), which has assumed function of former NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)) operates a system of Waverider buoys off the NSW coastline. The buoys measure wave height and other wave statistics such as wave period on a continuous real-time basis, and are also capable of measuring wave direction (wave data accessible via related metadata record: Waverider buoys Observations - Australia - delayed (National Wave Archive) - https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/2807f3aa-4db0-4924-b64b-354ae8c10b58) and sea surface temperature (SST). The data is gathered by the Waverider system developed by the Dutch company, Datawell, namely thermistors that are mounted inside the hull of the buoys, at the base of the buoy about 0.5m below the water surface. The SST data is stored on the receiving station PC before routine transfer to Manly Hydraulics Laboratory via email.

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Title Manly Hydraulics Laboratory Waverider buoys - Sea surface temperature data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/a1b65bf0-4b45-49c0-a7c0-b99cb8862b24
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
MHL.Reception@mhl.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 15/03/2023
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Manly Hydraulics Laboratory Waverider buoys - Sea surface temperature data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/manly-hydraulics-laboratory-waverider-buoys-sea-surface-temperature-data