Satan Shoal, FL
Florida, United States
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
1.3 ft
0.4 m
- Dominant period
- 2 s
- Direction
- from NNE 14°
Swell
0.0 ft0.0 m
22 sfrom NW 315°
Wind waves
1.0 ft0.3 m
2.3 sfrom NNE 23°
Wind waves lead: 1.0 ft at 2.3 s from the NNE, over 0.0 ft of long-period groundswell at 22 s from the NW. 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)
- 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%.
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 2.4 ft | 3.9 s | NNW |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 2.6 ft | 5.1 s | N |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 3.6 ft | 4.5 s | E |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 4.4 ft | 5.1 s | E |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 5.3 ft | 5.9 s | E |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 5.2 ft | 6.1 s | E |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 4.1 ft | 5.1 s | E |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (24.500°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
- Hollywood Beach, FL0.7 ftLive · 259 km
- Egmont Channel Entrance, FL4.3 ft · 5 sLive · 367 km
- Fort Pierce, FL1.6 ft · 7 sLive · 392 km
- Offshore St. Petersburg, FL4.9 ft · 6 sLive · 401 km
- Cape Canaveral Nearshore, FL1.0 ft · 9 sLive · 466 km
- Canaveral 20 NM East of Cape Canaveral, FL3.0 ft · 5 sLive · 489 km
Nearest tide station: Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key Channel 10 km for today’s highs and lows.
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 83°F (28.2°C)
- Air temperature
- 79°F (26.2°C)
Reported Nov 13, 4:30 AM EST.
How to read this buoy
Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the S, SW and W.
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 5.2 ft at 5 s on Oct 18.
- Station id
- 42095
- CDIP id
- 244
- Operator
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Program
- IOOS Partners
- Position
- 24.407°N, 81.968°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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 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.
