Townsville wave monitoring
Trial our new beta version
Preview some of the updated and improved features we are trialling in our wave monitoring reporting. The survey to provide feedback on these changes is now closed, you may still provide feedback via the website feedback form in the footer below.
Wave height
Wave direction
Sea surface temperature
Top ten waves from this site
| Rank | Date and time | Hmax |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03-02-2011 1:30am | 10.1 |
| 2 | 13-01-2009 8:00am | 6.6 |
| 3 | 13-04-2014 9:00am | 6.4 |
| 4 | 24-03-1997 2:00am | 6.0 |
| 5 | 24-01-2013 6:30am | 5.4 |
| 6 | 10-01-1998 3:00pm | 5.4 |
| 7 | 20-03-2006 8:00am | 5.3 |
| 8 | 30-01-2010 10:30pm | 5.2 |
| 9 | 03-02-2019 9:30pm | 5.1 |
| 10 | 12-02-1999 6:30pm | 5.1 |
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