Cormorant AWS
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
13.1 ft
4.0 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: 13.1 ft.
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
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 13.3 ft | 9.4 s | NNW |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 15.0 ft | 9.2 s | WSW |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 16.2 ft | 14 s | NW |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 14.0 ft | 10 s | NNW |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 14.7 ft | 10 s | N |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 15.9 ft | 13 s | NNE |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 13.8 ft | 13 s | NNE |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (61.000°N, 1.000°E). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- Magnus AWS10.2 ftLive · 58 km
- Gullfaks-C11.1 ft · 9.1 sLive · 69 km
- Snorre-A12.8 ft · 18 sLive · 72 km
- Snorre-B10.4 ft · 8.4 sLive · 80 km
- Visundfeltet13.6 ft · 8.8 sLive · 82 km
- Oseberg-A13.3 ft · 11 sLive · 120 km
Other readings
- Wind
- 20 kt from the W
- Air temperature
- 49°F (9.7°C)
- Pressure
- 994.0 hPa
Reported Oct 26, 1:00 PM UTC.
How to read this buoy
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 19.7 ft on Oct 25.
- Station id
- 63112
- Operator
- Private Industry Oil Platform
- Program
- International Partners
- Position
- 61.100°N, 1.000°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.
