Emu Park wave monitoring

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Wave buoy information

Date of installation
24 July 1996
Current location
Latitude: -23.3033170000
Longitude: 151.0703000000
Water depth
19 metres
Instrument
Datawell 0.9m Waverider Buoy

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Top ten waves from this site

Rank Date and time Hmax
1 01-02-2010 2:00am 8.2
2 25-01-2013 11:00am 7.4
3 30-03-2017 8:30am 7.0
4 20-02-2015 1:30pm 7.0
5 09-03-1997 7:30pm 6.9
6 31-01-2014 1:00am 6.7
7 16-07-2016 12:00pm 6.6
8 28-08-1998 6:30am 6.4
9 04-06-2002 1:00pm 6.4
10 20-03-2010 4:00pm 6.0

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