Forecast and Actual Wave Information

Data sourced from © Queensland Government and © National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration 2019

A comparison of forecast data from the NOAA's multigrid wave model and wave monitoring stations from Queensland Government

Plot Explanation:

The plots contain the measured wave height (green) recent forecast (solid blue) and the previous 3 forecasts (light blue)

The measured wave height uses the significant wave height estimated as Hsig (the highest 1/3 waves), the forecast is calculated as Hm0 (from the wave spectra)

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