UTMSI_BUOY_1 - Environmental List 1415.02 (SPOT-33114C)
United States
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
2.0 ft
0.6 m
- Dominant period
- —
- Direction
- no direction
This reading came without the swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Waves: 2.0 ft. 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)
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 tracked the buoy within 10%.
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 1.9 ft | 4.7 s | ENE |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 6.1 ft | 6 s | SE |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 7.6 ft | 7.2 s | SE |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 8.3 ft | 8 s | ENE |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 8.6 ft | 8.4 s | ENE |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 5.6 ft | 7.7 s | ENE |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 4.7 ft | 8.8 s | E |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (27.750°N, 96.500°W). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- UTMSI_BUOY_2 - Environmental List 1415 (SPOT-33112C)1.3 ft · 5 sLive · 49 km
- UTMSI_BUOY_3 - Hydro List 1415.01 (SPOT-33553C)1.3 ft · 5 sLive · 49 km
- Port Aransas, TX, Horace Caldwell Pier (99999291)3.6 ft · 6 sStale · 54 km
- Aransas Pass Channel Entrance S, TX2.3 ft · 5 sStale · 55 km
- Galveston,TX - 22 NM East of Galveston, TX0.3 ftLive · 257 km
- FGBNMS Sofar Spotter3.9 ftStale · 264 km
Nearest tide station: Aransas Wildlife Refuge 52 km for today’s highs and lows.
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 79°F (26.2°C)
Reported Nov 13, 2:45 AM GMT-6.
How to read this buoy
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 7.3 ft at 6.5 s on Nov 8.
- Station id
- 42032
- Operator
- University of Texas Marine Science Institute
- Program
- IOOS Partners
- Position
- 27.838°N, 96.500°W
- Type
- other
- Local time zone
- GMT-6 (open ocean)
- Swell split
- Yes, swell and wind waves reported
Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC); station operated by University of Texas Marine Science Institute. 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.
