FINO1 wave buoy
Germany
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
16.1 ft
4.9 m
- Dominant period
- 12 s
- Direction
- from NNW 333°
This station does not send a swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Mid-period swell: 16.1 ft at 12 s from the NNW. 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 | 13.8 ft | 11 s | NW |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 9.1 ft | 9.4 s | NNW |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 7.5 ft | 6.2 s | SSW |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 13.5 ft | 8.7 s | W |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 11.1 ft | 8.9 s | WNW |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 6.5 ft | 7.3 s | NW |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 5.6 ft | 7.5 s | NW |
| Fri, Nov 20 | 3.9 ft | 8.1 s | NNW |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (54.000°N, 6.500°E). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- Alpha Ventus Waverider15.1 ft · 13 sLive · 2.1 km
- Nordsee One14.4 ft · 11 sLive · 17 km
- Meetboei WEW112.7 ftLive · 46 km
- Meetboei RZGN16.1 ftLive · 50 km
- Schiermonnikoog Noord12.6 ftLive · 54 km
- OWP BARD Offshore 114.7 ft · 9.9 sLive · 55 km
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 55°F (12.8°C)
Reported Nov 13, 8:32 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: 16.1 ft at 11 s on Nov 13.
- Station id
- 6202108
- Operator
- Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency- Dept. Oceanography
- Program
- Copernicus Marine In Situ
- Position
- 54.014°N, 6.584°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.
