Reported Nov 13, 7:35 PM GMT+11

Cape Bridgewater

Name: Cape Bridgewater buoy wave observations
Creator: Data was sourced from Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). This dataset is an output from the Catching Oz Waves project, which received investment (https://doi.org/10.47486/DP748) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Australia

Last wave reading: Nov 13, 7:35 PM GMT+11

Now at the buoy

Significant wave height at the buoy

5.6 ft

1.7 m

Dominant period: 10 s
Direction: from WSW 238°

This station does not send a swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.

Mid-period swell: 5.6 ft at 10 s from the WSW. Holding steady over the last 6 hours.

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)

Period

Dominant 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

Over the last day, the model tracked the buoy within 10%.

Model peak each day at the buoy
Day	Height	Peak period	From
Fri, Nov 13	5.5 ft	11 s	SW
Sat, Nov 14	6.7 ft	14 s	SW
Sun, Nov 15	10.0 ft	14 s	SW
Mon, Nov 16	10.4 ft	14 s	SW
Tue, Nov 17	8.1 ft	13 s	SW
Wed, Nov 18	7.8 ft	13 s	SSW
Thu, Nov 19	7.8 ft	13 s	SSW
Fri, Nov 20	5.7 ft	12 s	SSW

ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (38.250°S, 141.250°E). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.

Nearby buoys

Dutton Way2.5 ft · 4.1 sLive · 34 km
Port Fairy4.9 ft · 11 sLive · 88 km
Bob6.3 ft · 10 sLive · 96 km
Apollo Bay3.5 ft · 10 sLive · 218 km

How to read this buoy

Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the SW and W.

Biggest hourly reading in that record: 8.8 ft at 15 s on Nov 11.

Operator: IMOS Coastal Wave Buoys Facility
Program: Australian national wave buoy network (AODN)
Position: 38.361°S, 141.272°E
Type: Moored buoy
Local time zone: Australia/Melbourne
Swell split: No, whole-sea numbers only

Source: Data was sourced from Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). This dataset is an output from the Catching Oz Waves project, which received investment (https://doi.org/10.47486/DP748) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Changes: Quiver converts the units (feet, knots, °F) and shows a subset of the published fields. 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.