Prince Edward Pt
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
0.3 ft
0.1 m
- Dominant period
- 6 s
- Direction
- no direction
This station does not send a swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Close to flat at the buoy: 0.3 ft of total wave height.
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 | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 4.4 ft | 4.6 s | NW |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 4.3 ft | 4.5 s | NW |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 3.3 ft | 4.8 s | W |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 3.7 ft | 5 s | W |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 3.9 ft | 5 s | W |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 2.0 ft | 4 s | WSW |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (43.750°N, 76.750°W). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- Oswego, NY4.3 ft · 5 sLive · 41 km
- East Lake America - 20NM North Northeast of Rochester, NY3.9 ft · 4 sLive · 46 km
- NW Lake Ontario Ajax0.3 ft · 5 sStale · 169 km
- West Lake Ontario - Grimsby3.3 ft · 5 sStale · 222 km
- Port Colborne2.6 ft · 3 sStale · 228 km
- Dunkirk Buoy0.7 ftStale · 248 km
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 45°F (7.2°C)
- Wind
- 6 kt from the NE, gusts 14 kt
- Air temperature
- 44°F (6.6°C)
- Pressure
- 1006.2 hPa
Reported Nov 12, 7:00 AM EST.
How to read this buoy
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 2.6 ft at 16 s on Nov 11.
- Station id
- 45135
- Operator
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Program
- International Partners
- Position
- 43.780°N, 76.870°W
- Type
- Moored buoy
- Local time zone
- America/Toronto
- 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.
