Werribee — [-37.985°, 144.7752°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 12:33 (GMT)
Go to Werribee Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.24 m | 2.62 s | 136 degrees | 39.01 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | - |
Central PPB — [-38.063400°, 144.866700°] — Latest Observations at 02 Aug, 23:30 (GMT)
Go to Central PPB Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.02 m | 34.12 s | 148 degrees | 78.06 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 12.2 °c |
Rosebud — [-38.301450°, 144.872733°] — Latest Observations at 22 Jul, 01:24 (GMT)
Go to Rosebud Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.13 m | 34.12 s | 285 degrees | 66.98 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 11.2 °c |
Sandringham — [-37.9783°, 144.9955°] — Latest Observations at 04 Apr, 04:38 (GMT)
Go to Sandringham Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.33 m | 2.92 s | 223 degrees | 33.96 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 18.9 °c |
Mt Eliza — [-38.219°, 145.0556°] — Latest Observations at 01 Jul, 11:54 (GMT)
Go to Mt Eliza Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.21 m | 25.60 s | 90 degrees | 78.90 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | - |
Indented Head — [-38.135933°, 144.753067°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 11:58 (GMT)
Go to Indented Head Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.29 m | 2.84 s | 120 degrees | 42.32 degrees | 8.8 m/s | 120 degrees | 10.4 °c |
Portland — [-38.3198°, 141.6585°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 12:43 (GMT)
Go to Portland Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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1.22 m | 12.80 s | 157 degrees | 13.63 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 12.8 °c |
Port Fairy Buoy — [-38.3824°, 142.2868°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 12:37 (GMT)
Go to Port Fairy Buoy Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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2.40 m | 12.80 s | 189 degrees | 19.48 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 13.4 °c |
Apollo Bay — [-38.7547°, 143.7223°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 12:02 (GMT)
Go to Apollo Bay Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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1.97 m | 11.36 s | 186 degrees | 19.77 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 13.1 °c |
Inverloch — [-38.7507°, 145.7494°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 11:57 (GMT)
Go to Inverloch Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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1.18 m | 12.80 s | 223 degrees | 25.21 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 12.4 °c |
Wilson’s Promontory — [-39.5382°, 146.4712°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 12:02 (GMT)
Go to Wilson’s Promontory Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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1.27 m | 12.80 s | 258 degrees | 29.98 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 12.6 °c |
Cape Bridegwater SC — [-38.364278°, 141.278778°] — Latest Observations at 13 Dec, 08:08 (GMT)
Go to Cape Bridegwater SC Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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1.44 m | 14.62 s | 225 degrees | 23.69 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 16.1 °c |
Cape Bridgewater DC — [-38.3589°, 141.2711°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 11:21 (GMT)
Go to Cape Bridgewater DC Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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3.41 m | 11.36 s | 208 degrees | 30.11 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | - |
Cape Bridgewater FB — [-38.357227405797154°, 141.26587702461433°] — Latest Observations at 19 Aug, 20:45 (GMT)
Go to Cape Bridgewater FB Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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1.05 m | 14.62 s | 243 degrees | 12.84 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | 13.8 °c |
Lakes Entrance1 — [-38.050°, 148.41°] — Latest Observations at 12 Aug, 11:51 (GMT)
Go to Lakes Entrance1 Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.90 m | 9.30 s | 117 degrees | 41.75 degrees | 6.8 m/s | 131 degrees | 12.8 °c |
Lakes Entrance — [-37.9193°, 148.3535°] — Latest Observations at 01 Jun, 05:28 (GMT)
Go to Lakes Entrance Data PageSignificant Wave Height | Peak Period | Peak Direction | Directional spreading | Wind Speed (Experimental) | Wind Direction (Experimental) | Temp |
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0.83 m | 7.30 s | 117 degrees | 45.40 degrees | - m/s | - degrees | - |
The page shows three variables:
Significant wave height – The height of every wave is different. The buoys record the rise and fall of the water surface approximately every half a second. We then determine the significant wave height over a 20 minute period. The significant wave height is the average of the highest one-third of the waves. Therefore, it may seem a bit higher than you would estimate by eye. There will be waves both higher and lower than the significant wave height. As a general rule the maximum wave height will be approximately 1.8 times the significant wave height (e.g. if the significant wave height is 2m, the maximum wave height will be approximately 3.6m).
Peak period and direction – The period is the time (in seconds) between wave crests. Just like wave height the period and direction (provided relative to true North) of individual waves vary. The lateral motions of the floating buoy enable us to measure these quantities. They are termed “peak” because they relate to the waves with the most energy. Sometimes you will see these quantities jump significantly in value. This occurs when we have a mixed sea made up of wind-sea and swell. The peak at one time may be the swell and then switch to the wind-sea. This will result in jumps in the peak period and peak direction. Some locations are more impacted by this than others. Wilson’s Promontory is an example of the location which can often have both a SE and a SW swell and a local wind-sea.
Data acknowledgment. This program provides Wave data free for all under Creative Commons Attribution 4 licensing ((https://creativecommons.org/license/by/4.0/) . If you use this data please attribute as “Wave data was provided by the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program with funding through Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, University of Melbourne and Deakin University.” For the Cape Bridgewater Sofar Ocean buoys that are being used in the IMOS new technology proving trials in additional please acknowledge “Data was sourced from Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) – IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).”