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Bundaberg wave buoy

Live wave readings from the Queensland Government wave buoy off Bundaberg.

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Latest reading

Wave height (Hs)0.9 m

Max wave1.7 m

Peak period4 s

Coming fromE

Sea temperature33.0 °C

Latest reading Thu, 8 Oct, 10:00pm AEST. Average significant wave height over the past 24 hours: 1.0 m. Highest single wave in the past 7 days: 2.6 m on Thu, 8 Oct, 5:30am AEST.

Wave height, past 7 days

Significant wave height (Hs) Maximum wave (Hmax)

Nearby storm-tide gauge

Burnett Heads gauge, about 14 km away: the sea was 0.04 m above the predicted tide at Thu, 8 Oct, 10:20pm AEST.

What the wave numbers mean

Significant wave height (Hs): The average height of the highest third of waves in a 26.6-minute record. It is close to what an experienced observer would call "the wave height".
Maximum wave height (Hmax): The single highest wave in the same record. Expect occasional waves near this size, often around one and a half to two times Hs.
Peak period (Tp): The period, in seconds, of the waves carrying the most energy. Long periods (above about 10 seconds) usually mean groundswell from a distant system; short periods mean local wind waves.
Direction: The direction the peak-period waves are coming from, relative to true north.
Sea surface temperature: An approximate water temperature measured at the buoy.
Storm-tide residual: How far the measured water level is above (+) or below (−) the predicted tide at a gauge. A large positive residual during a cyclone or strong onshore wind is storm surge.

Official marine information

Bureau of Meteorology marine forecasts and warnings
Queensland Government wave monitoring
Bundaberg 7-day forecast on Atmosphr
Emergency at sea: 000, or VHF channel 16.

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Sources

Wave data: Coastal Data System, near real time wave data; storm-tide data: Coastal Data System, near real time storm tide data. Both © State of Queensland (Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Feed last received by Atmosphr Thu, 8 Oct, 11:23pm AEST; refreshed every 30 minutes. Readings are as published and may be revised; for official marine warnings check the Bureau of Meteorology.