Coastal Data System - Waves (East of Jenny Louise Shoal)

Created 23/08/2025

Updated 23/08/2025

Measured and derived wave parameters from data collected by a wave monitoring buoy anchored off the GBR near Cairns. For more information please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves. Field names; Hs - Significant wave height, an average of the highest third of the waves in a record (26.6 minute recording period). Hmax - The maximum wave height in the record. Tz - The zero upcrossing wave period. Tp - The peak energy wave period. Peak Direction - Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from. SST - Sea surface temperature as measured by a sensor embedded in the hull of the buoy.

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Field Value
Title Coastal Data System - Waves (East of Jenny Louise Shoal)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/08d27ba8-02c5-48c8-9143-8b4031dd0eb7
Remote Last Updated 07/04/2025
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
opendata@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 21/12/2022
Geospatial Coverage Queensland
Data Portal Queensland Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System - Waves (East of Jenny Louise Shoal)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-waves-east-of-jenny-louise-shoal