Brisbane wave monitoring

Tide times

Tide table: Visit the Bureau of Meteorology website

Wave buoy information

Date of installation
30 October 1976
Current location
Latitude: -27.487167
Longitude: 153.6290951
Water depth
70 metres
Instrument
Datawell Mk4 ACM 0.9m Waverider Buoy

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Maps

map of the location of the Brisbane wave monitoring buoy Open in Google Maps map of the location of the Brisbane wave monitoring buoy in relation to Queensland Open in Google Maps

Top ten waves from this site

Rank Date and time Hmax
1 04-03-2006 9:00am 16.8
2 05-03-2004 5:30pm 14.3
3 17-03-1993 10:30am 13.1
4 22-02-2019 1:30pm 13.1
5 02-05-1996 8:30pm 12.8
6 16-01-2018 9:30pm 12.3
7 15-02-1995 6:30am 12.2
8 28-01-2013 7:30am 12.1
9 15-02-1996 7:00pm 12.1
10 24-08-2008 2:00am 11.5

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