Aransas Pass Channel Entrance S, TX
Texas, United States
Last wave reading:
Last reading
This reading is more than 3 hours old. The buoy may have stopped sending waves for now.
Significant wave height at the buoy
2.3 ft
0.7 m
- Dominant period
- 5 s
- Direction
- from E 97°
Swell
0.0 ft0.0 m
20 sfrom NE 45°
Wind waves
2.3 ft0.7 m
4.7 sfrom E 90°
Wind waves lead: 2.3 ft at 4.7 s from the E, over 0.0 ft of long-period groundswell at 20 s from the NE.
Significant wave height is the average of the biggest third of waves at the buoy. It is not surf height at a beach.
Trend at the buoy
Height at the buoy
- Total (significant height)
- Swell
- Wind waves
Period
- Swell period
- Wind-wave period
Hourly means of the buoy's readings. Arrows point the way the waves travel.
Model vs the buoy
- Buoy, hourly
- Model, past days
- Model forecast
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 1.6 ft | 4.9 s | ENE |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5.0 ft | 5.9 s | SE |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5.9 ft | 6.9 s | SE |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 5.8 ft | 8 s | ENE |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 6.1 ft | 8.6 s | ENE |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 4.6 ft | 7.6 s | ENE |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 3.6 ft | 8.8 s | E |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (27.750°N, 97.000°W). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Beaches whose Quiver forecast uses this buoy
Quiver forecast now: 0-1ft
Quiver forecast now: 0-1ft
Quiver forecast now: 0-1ft
- Bob Hall Pier21 km
Quiver forecast now: 1-2ft
Beach numbers are each beach's own Quiver forecast, not a conversion of this buoy reading.
Nearby buoys
- Port Aransas, TX, Horace Caldwell Pier (99999291)3.6 ft · 6 sStale · 21 km
- UTMSI_BUOY_2 - Environmental List 1415 (SPOT-33112C)1.3 ft · 5 sLive · 22 km
- UTMSI_BUOY_3 - Hydro List 1415.01 (SPOT-33553C)1.3 ft · 5 sLive · 23 km
- UTMSI_BUOY_1 - Environmental List 1415.02 (SPOT-33114C)2.0 ftLive · 55 km
Nearest tide station: Port Aransas (H. Caldwell Pier) 21 km for today’s highs and lows.
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 77°F (25.0°C)
Reported Nov 6, 9:30 PM CST.
How to read this buoy
Aransas Pass Channel Entrance S, TX sits 16 km from the closest beach listed here: near enough to show what is arriving, far enough that islands, points and the seabed still change it before it breaks.
Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the E and SE.
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 8.7 ft at 6.5 s on Oct 17.
- Station id
- 42092
- CDIP id
- 252
- Operator
- Conrad Blucher Institute (CBI) for Surveying and Science, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
- Program
- IOOS Partners
- Position
- 27.639°N, 97.012°W
- Type
- Moored buoy
- Local time zone
- America/Chicago
- Swell split
- Yes, swell and wind waves reported
Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC); station operated by Conrad Blucher Institute (CBI) for Surveying and Science, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Licence: Public domain (US government work). Station page at the source.
Not for navigation. Readings can be late, missing or wrong; check official marine forecasts before going to sea.
Buoy terms
- Significant height
- The average of the biggest third of waves the buoy measured. Sets in the surf zone can be bigger or smaller.
- Dominant period
- Seconds between the waves carrying the most energy. Longer period means more power and more bend around points.
- Swell vs wind waves
- Swell was made by distant wind; wind waves were made nearby. The buoy splits its spectrum at a cutoff period to report each.
- Direction
- Where waves come from, in degrees true. 270° is from the west.
