Storm Tide and Wave monitoring of Coastal Queensland

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Wave height, direction and sea surface temperature are recorded daily at 12 sites on the Coast of Queensland. Cairns, Weipa, Townsville, Mackay, Hay Point, Emu Park, Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Tweed River, Caloundra, Mooloolaba are monitored daily by waverider buoys fitted with a accelerometer. This website also contains data from Storm surges from Mornington Island down to Caloundra.

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Title Storm Tide and Wave monitoring of Coastal Queensland
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/50fb9a9a-8624-4a33-8ffc-9f7f2eb1a720
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
coastal.sciences@dsitia.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 18/02/2015
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Storm Tide and Wave monitoring of Coastal Queensland". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/storm-tide-and-wave-monitoring-of-coastal-queensland