Caloundra wave monitoring
New wave monitoring pages
The interactive charts are now the default for our wave monitoring pages. You can still switch to the previous version.
Recent activity
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Significant wave height about this measurement
0.48m
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Maximum wave height about this measurement
0.88m
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Peak energy period about this measurement
8s
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Wave direction about this measurement
58° ENE
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Sea surface temperature about this measurement
20.1°C
Recorded Today 2.30pm
Learn how to read the graphs to understand how the data provides information on the current wave conditions.
View instructions on how to export data, view data as a table, or zoom in to a time period on the interactive graphs.
Wave height about this measurement
Wave period about this measurement
Wave direction about this measurement
Current speed and direction about this measurement
Sea surface temperature about this measurement
Tide times
Tide table: Visit the Bureau of Meteorology website
Wave buoy information
- Date of installation
- 1 May 2013
- Current location
- Latitude: -26.8461330000
Longitude: 153.1547330000 - Water depth
- 12 metres
- Instrument
- Datawell 0.9m Waverider Buoy
Jointly operated by the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation and the Port of Brisbane Corporation.
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Download data
Caloundra wave monitoring site data.
All wave monitoring sites data for the last seven days.
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Top ten waves from this site
| Rank | Date and time | Hmax |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-05-2015 5:00pm | 7.5 |
| 2 | 30-03-2017 6:30pm | 7.0 |
| 3 | 04-06-2016 10:00am | 6.7 |
| 4 | 19-02-2015 7:30am | 6.2 |
| 5 | 14-12-2020 2:30am | 6.0 |
| 6 | 22-02-2019 7:00pm | 5.5 |
| 7 | 16-10-2018 12:00am | 5.5 |
| 8 | 16-10-2017 2:30pm | 5.4 |
| 9 | 02-01-2022 11:30am | 5.2 |
| 10 | 24-02-2022 10:00pm | 5.1 |