Queensland · Wave buoy
Caloundra wave buoy
Live wave readings from the Queensland Government wave buoy off Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast.
Latest reading
No reading has arrived from this buoy in the last 3 hours (last ). Buoys go offline for maintenance or after storms; check the other Queensland buoys.
Wave height, past 7 days
Significant wave height (Hs) Maximum wave (Hmax)
Nearby storm-tide gauge
Mooloolaba gauge, about 10 km away: the sea was 0.02 m above the predicted tide at .
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
- Sunshine Coast 7-day forecast on Atmosphr
- Emergency at sea: 000, or VHF channel 16.
Other Queensland buoys: Tweed Offshore · Tweed Heads · Bilinga · Palm Beach · Gold Coast · Brisbane · North Moreton Bay · Woorim · Mooloolaba · Wide Bay · Hervey Bay · Bundaberg · Gladstone · One Tree Island · Emu Park · Mackay · Townsville · Cairns · Albatross Bay (Weipa).
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 ; refreshed every 30 minutes. Readings are as published and may be revised; for official marine warnings check the Bureau of Meteorology.