Coastal Data System - Waves (Hay Point)

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

Measured and derived wave parameters from data collected by a wave monitoring buoy anchored at Hay Point. This site is jointly operated by the Department of Environment and Science and the North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP). 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 - Sea Surface Temperature as measured by a sensor embedded in the bottom of the hull of the buoy.

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Title Coastal Data System - Waves (Hay Point)
Language English
Licence cc-by-4
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/ab0f6a21-e625-46de-beeb-da890c9aa66c
Remote Last Updated 09/04/2025
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
opendata@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 18/02/2016
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[ [96.0,-45.0],[96.0,-9.0], [168.0,-9.0], [168.0,-45.0], [96.0,-45.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System - Waves (Hay Point)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-waves-hay-point