Elbe Waverider
Germany
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
11.3 ft
3.4 m
- Dominant period
- 8.3 s
- Direction
- from WNW 301°
This station does not send a swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Short-period swell: 11.3 ft at 8.3 s from the WNW. 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 ran 16% high against the buoy.
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 13.5 ft | 11 s | NW |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 7.9 ft | 8.7 s | NW |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5.8 ft | 5.1 s | SW |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 12.9 ft | 9.2 s | W |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 11.4 ft | 9.2 s | WNW |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 5.8 ft | 6.7 s | NW |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 4.9 ft | 6.9 s | NW |
| Fri, Nov 20 | 2.8 ft | 7.3 s | NNW |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (54.000°N, 8.000°E). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- Nordergruende6.3 ft · 10 sLive · 18 km
- Helgoland East Waverrider9.6 ft · 11 sLive · 23 km
- Helgoland South Waverrider10.5 ft · 10 sLive · 25 km
- Helgoland North Waverrider11.2 ft · 10 sLive · 31 km
- Nordsee Ost12.8 ft · 8.3 sLive · 61 km
- Nordsee One15.9 ft · 13 sLive · 83 km
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 52°F (11.1°C)
Reported Nov 13, 6:34 AM GMT+1.
How to read this buoy
Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the NW.
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 12.2 ft at 10 s on Nov 13.
- Station id
- 6202601
- Operator
- Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency- Dept. Oceanography
- Program
- Copernicus Marine In Situ
- Position
- 53.996°N, 8.114°E
- Type
- Moored buoy
- Local time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Swell split
- No, whole-sea numbers only
Source: E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00036. Data from Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency- Dept. Oceanography. Licence: Copernicus Marine Service licence. Changes: Quiver converts the units (feet, knots, °F) and shows a subset of the published fields.
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.
