Clipper AWS
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
9.8 ft
3.0 m
- Dominant period
- —
- Direction
- no direction
This reading came without the swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Waves: 9.8 ft. 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 2 days, the model tracked the buoy within 10%.
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 9.4 ft | 9.6 s | NNW |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5.5 ft | 9.5 s | N |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 7.0 ft | 5.3 s | W |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 9.6 ft | 7.4 s | NW |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 6.3 ft | 11 s | N |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 5.2 ft | 10 s | N |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 6.1 ft | 6 s | E |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (53.500°N, 1.750°E). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- Dowsing WaveNet Site9.5 ft · 10 sLive · 45 km
- West Sole "A" AWS8.5 ftLive · 52 km
- Blakeney Overfalls wave buoy7.8 ft · 9.5 sLive · 55 km
- Happisburgh wave buoy6.9 ft · 7.7 sLive · 65 km
- Ravenspurn North AWS10.8 ftLive · 78 km
- North Sea10.5 ftLive · 80 km
Other readings
- Wind
- 17 kt from the NW
- Air temperature
- 47°F (8.2°C)
- Pressure
- 1013.4 hPa
Reported Nov 13, 9:00 AM UTC.
How to read this buoy
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 12.5 ft on Nov 12.
- Station id
- 62144
- Operator
- Private Industry Oil Platform
- Program
- International Partners
- Position
- 53.400°N, 1.700°E
- Type
- Offshore platform
- Local time zone
- UTC (open ocean)
- Swell split
- Yes, swell and wind waves reported
Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC); station operated by Private Industry Oil Platform. 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.
