NDBC 45214 · Buoy · Great Lakes

South Lake Michigan Spotter

42°40.4′N 087°01.6′W

Reading the buoy's spectra from NDBC…

Nearest shore 33 nmi W, 277°T 57 nmi NNE of Chicago Coastline: Natural Earth · places: GeoNames

A simulation of the sea at this buoy, built from its wave measurements. The wave heights, periods and directions are real; the exact position of each crest is not. How it is made

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