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All SE Queensland wave sites

Name Wave height
Wave
direction
Sea surface
temp
Last updated
Brisbane 1.7 95.8 24.8 15:30pm 24 Nov
Cairns 0.7 15:30pm 24 Nov
Caloundra 1.2 16:00pm 24 Nov
Emu Park 0.9 70.3 25.5 15:30pm 24 Nov
Gladstone 0.8 76.5 26.9 15:30pm 24 Nov
Gold Coast 1.2 65.4 22.8 15:30pm 24 Nov
Hay Point 0.8 76.4 26.9 15:30pm 24 Nov
Mackay 0.9 101.9 26.3 15:30pm 24 Nov
Mooloolaba 1.6 77.3 24.1 15:30pm 24 Nov
Moreton Bay 1 15:30pm 24 Nov
Townsville 0.9 75 27.6 15:30pm 24 Nov
Tweed River 1.5 68.4 23.9 15:30pm 24 Nov
Weipa 08:30am 16 Jan
Weipa - Albatross Bay 0.6 265 26.3 15:30pm 24 Nov

The wave heights displayed here are the highest 'significant wave heights' that have occurred during the last two days. Click on the wave height value to see a time series plot of this data including the latest height. Note: the significant wave height (measured in metres) is defined as the average of the highest one third of the wave heights in a wave record. See the Glossary for a more detailed discussion.

A wave record consists of all waves recorded by the Agency over a 26.6 minute period.This is the value used by the Bureau of Meteorology in its wave height forecasts. At any time, the likely maximum wave height can be up to twice the significant wave height.

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Last updated: 07 October 2009

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