Map: Annual Maximum Wave Height in the Australian Region

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

Map showing the annual maximum wave height using satellite derived wave height data generated from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Wave Model (WAM). This map has been produced by CSIRO for the National Oceans Office, as part of an ongoing commitment to natural resource planning and management through the 'National Marine Bioregionalisation' project. Variations in onscreen colour representation or printed reproduction may affect perception of the contained data.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Map: Annual Maximum Wave Height in the Australian Region
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/818fb012-2c60-4809-b53b-78f465a582f3
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Donna.Hayes@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/09/2004 - 01/01/2005
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        90.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -3.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -3.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -63.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Map: Annual Maximum Wave Height in the Australian Region". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/map-annual-maximum-wave-height-in-the-australian-region1