Station 22102
South Korea
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
1.6 ft
0.5 m
- Dominant period
- —
- Direction
- no direction
This station does not send a swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Waves: 1.6 ft. Building over the last 6 hours, up 1.6 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
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 1.6 ft | 3.2 s | SSE |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 1.1 ft | 4.8 s | SSW |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5.0 ft | 5.8 s | NNW |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 4.9 ft | 6.1 s | NNW |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 2.8 ft | 4.5 s | NW |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 11.6 ft | 8.9 s | NW |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 11.7 ft | 9.1 s | NW |
| Fri, Nov 20 | 6.2 ft | 7.1 s | NW |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (34.750°N, 125.750°E). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- Station 221081.6 ftLive · 161 km
- Station 221031.6 ftLive · 182 km
- Station 221071.6 ftLive · 193 km
- Station 221010.0 ftLive · 271 km
- Station 221040.0 ftLive · 286 km
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 61°F (16.3°C)
- Wind
- 12 kt from the SSE
- Air temperature
- 58°F (14.7°C)
Reported Nov 13, 4:00 PM GMT+9.
How to read this buoy
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 1.6 ft on Nov 11.
- Station id
- 22102
- Operator
- Korean Meteorological Administration
- Program
- International Partners
- Position
- 34.800°N, 125.770°E
- Type
- Moored buoy
- Local time zone
- Asia/Seoul
- Swell split
- No, whole-sea numbers only
Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC); station operated by Korean Meteorological Administration. 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.
