StaleBuoy 44488

East of Chedabucto Bay

Canada

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

1.3 ft

0.4 m

Dominant period
4 s
Direction
no direction

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

Short-period wind chop: 1.3 ft at 4 s.

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

2 ft4 ft8 Sun9 Mon10 Tue11 Wed12 Thu
  • Total (significant height)

Period

5 s10 s15 s8 Sun9 Mon10 Tue11 Wed12 Thu
  • Dominant period
dir

Hourly means of the buoy's readings. Arrows point the way the waves travel.

Nearby buoys

Other readings

Water temperature
49°F (9.3°C)
Wind
12 kt from the WSW, gusts 14 kt
Air temperature
43°F (6.3°C)
Pressure
1006.1 hPa

Reported Nov 12, 3:00 PM AST.

How to read this buoy

Biggest hourly reading in that record: 3.0 ft at 4 s on Nov 12.

Station id
44488
Operator
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Program
International Partners
Position
45.440°N, 60.950°W
Type
Moored buoy
Local time zone
America/Glace_Bay
Swell split
No, whole-sea numbers only

Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC); station operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada. 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.