Wave data
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.
Dir_Tp TRUE- Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from.
SST - Approximation of sea surface temperature.
Source
This data file or API can be downloaded from:
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/data-sets/waves/wave-7dayopdata.csv?timestamp=2025-11-12T11:03:02+10:00Resources
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Data Dictionary
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | November 12, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | November 17, 2025 |
| Format | CSV |
| License | Not Specified |
| Ckan url | https://www.data.qld.gov.au |
| Datastore active | True |
| Datastore contains all records of source file | True |
| Has views | False |
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| Task created | 2025-11-12 01:03:04.121956 |
| Tries | 1 |
| Update frequency | hourly |
| Update frequency days | {"monthly": 30, "quarterly": 91, "half-yearly": 182, "annually": 365} |
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