Rocky River, OH
Ohio, United States
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
3.9 ft
1.2 m
- Dominant period
- 5 s
- Direction
- from N 11°
This reading came without the swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Short-period wind chop: 3.9 ft at 5 s from the N. Fading over the last 6 hours, down 1.1 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)
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 5 days, the model ran 16% low against the buoy.
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 4.3 ft | 5.5 s | NNE |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 4.5 ft | 5.3 s | NNW |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 3.6 ft | 4.8 s | NNW |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 1.2 ft | 3.4 s | N |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 0.9 ft | 2.9 s | WSW |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 0.6 ft | 1.9 s | SSW |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 0.7 ft | 2.2 s | SSW |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (41.500°N, 82.000°W). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- Cleveland Intake Crib Buoy, OH4.3 ft · 5 sLive · 10 km
- Edgewater Beach Buoy0.3 ftStale · 11 km
- Sheffield Buoy0.3 ftStale · 20 km
- Euclid, OH3.9 ft · 4 sLive · 24 km
- Euclid Beach Buoy0.7 ftStale · 26 km
- Cleveland Buoy, OH4.6 ft · 6 sLive · 29 km
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 56°F (13.6°C)
- Wind
- 19 kt from the ENE, gusts 23 kt
Reported Nov 13, 3:00 AM EST.
How to read this buoy
Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the NW, N and NE.
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 7.9 ft at 6 s on Oct 16.
- Station id
- 45196
- Operator
- Limno Tech
- Program
- IOOS Partners
- Position
- 41.521°N, 81.880°W
- Type
- Moored buoy
- Local time zone
- America/New_York
- Swell split
- Yes, swell and wind waves reported
Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC); station operated by Limno Tech. 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.
