Reported Nov 13, 1:10 AM PSTBuoy 46015

Port Orford - 15 NM West of Port Orford, OR

Name: Port Orford - 15 NM West of Port Orford, OR buoy 46015 wave observations
Creator: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Oregon, United States

Last wave reading: Nov 13, 1:10 AM PST

Now at the buoy

Significant wave height at the buoy

17.1 ft

5.2 m

Dominant period: —
Direction: from SSW 203°

Swell

5.9 ft1.8 m

14 sfrom WSW 248°

Wind waves

16.1 ft4.9 m

9.1 sfrom SSW 203°

Wind waves lead: 16.1 ft at 9.1 s from the SSW, over 5.9 ft of long-period groundswell at 14 s from the WSW. Building over the last 6 hours, up 2.2 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)
Swell
Wind waves

Period

Swell period
Wind-wave 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 5 days, the model tracked the buoy within 10%.

Model peak each day at the buoy
Day	Height	Peak period	From
Fri, Nov 13	28.7 ft	18 s	W
Sat, Nov 14	27.5 ft	18 s	W
Sun, Nov 15	20.2 ft	16 s	W
Mon, Nov 16	18.9 ft	16 s	W
Tue, Nov 17	13.8 ft	14 s	WNW
Wed, Nov 18	12.8 ft	10 s	WSW
Thu, Nov 19	11.7 ft	13 s	WNW

ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (42.750°N, 124.750°W). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.

Beaches whose Quiver forecast uses this buoy

Humbug Mountain (Port Orford)28 km
Quiver forecast now: 9-10ft

Beach numbers are each beach's own Quiver forecast, not a conversion of this buoy reading.

Nearby buoys

St Georges - 8 NM NW of Crescent City, CA11.2 ft · 14 sLive · 108 km
Umpqua Offshore, OR17.4 ft · 10 sLive · 116 km
Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA11.5 ft · 13 sLive · 210 km
OOI Newport Shelf13.5 ftLive · 214 km
Stonewall Bank - 20NM West of Newport, OR15.7 ft · 13 sLive · 215 km
Eel River - 17NM WSW of Eureka, CA13.5 ft · 16 sLive · 228 km

Nearest tide station: Port Orford 28 km for today’s highs and lows.

How to read this buoy

Port Orford - 15 NM West of Port Orford, OR sits 28 km from the closest beach listed here: near enough to show what is arriving, far enough that islands, points and the seabed still change it before it breaks.

Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the NW and W.

Biggest hourly reading in that record: 23.0 ft at 16 s on Nov 8.

Station id: 46015
Operator: NDBC
Program: NDBC Meteorological/Ocean
Position: 42.754°N, 124.839°W
Type: Moored buoy
Local time zone: America/Los_Angeles
Swell split: Yes, swell and wind waves reported

Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). 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.