Wave intelligence
The systems in the sea
A buoy's significant wave height sums everything in the sea: long groundswell from a storm a thousand miles off, a closer swell, the chop of the local wind. Each buoy's measured directional spectrum is partitioned into those systems, which are followed through time, used to place the storms the swells came from, and checked for seas that cross.
- Stations analysed
- 162 of 164
- Newest spectrum
- 24 min ago
- Systems named
- 288
- Swell · wind sea
- 182 · 106
- Seas crossing
- 8 buoys
- Storms, last month
- 205 placed →
- Window
- The last 4 days
- Method
- Reference
Buoys where the two largest systems now meet at 40° or more with comparable energy, in seas of 1.5 m or more: steeper, less regular waves than the height alone suggests.
Each petal is a system, pointing to where it comes from, north up. Its length grows with height (the ring is 13 ft); its width is the directional spread. Swell Wind sea Storm placed
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| Station | Crossing | Systems |
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| SW Hawaii - 200 NM SW of Kona 51002 · Hawaii · 1 h ago | 170° apartthe smaller holds 47% of the larger's energy |
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| SE Hawaii - 200 NM SE of Hilo 51004 · Hawaii · 34 min ago | 125° apartthe smaller holds 38% of the larger's energy |
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| Western Hawaii 51003 · Hawaii · 34 min ago | 125° apartthe smaller holds 95% of the larger's energy |
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| Portlock Bank, AK 46080 · Alaska · 1 h ago | 75° apartthe smaller holds 63% of the larger's energy |
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| Yucatan Basin, MX 42056 · Gulf of Mexico · 34 min ago | 65° apartthe smaller holds 42% of the larger's energy |
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| West California 46059 · California · 34 min ago | 55° apartthe smaller holds 77% of the larger's energy |
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| Port Orford, OR 46015 · Pacific Northwest · 34 min ago | 50° apartthe smaller holds 72% of the larger's energy |
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| Southeast Papa 46006 · California · 34 min ago | 45° apartthe smaller holds 33% of the larger's energy |
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