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Coastal Data System – Near real time wave data

Created 12/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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Near real time wave and sea surface temperature data for selected sites along the Queensland coast.
For more information please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves.
Field names are; 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 - Approximation of sea surface temperature.

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Title Coastal Data System – Near real time wave data
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e9a4670f-4d1f-4c56-9855-dbcb103cebfd
Remote Last Updated 12/11/2025
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
opendata@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 25/06/2014
Geospatial Coverage Queensland
Data Portal Queensland Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System – Near real time wave data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-near-real-time-wave-data