The explanations are not comprehensive and a full marine meteorology course should be undertaken to gain greatest benefit from these products. The name of the Bureau's wave prediction model with the greatest detail. Coastal Observations Latest available weather reports from coastal locations for the NSW coastline, Bass Strait and Tasmania. The bulletin is updated every 15 minutes.
Most stations report each hour, although some weather stations report less frequently.
The average height in metres of the highest one third of all waves. The arrows show the direction from which the dominant swell wave should arrive. The contours show the significant wave height of the swell wave in metres. The time interval in seconds between successive wave crests for the dominant wave train. Black lines with multiple numbers indicate the wind waves and swell waves are of nearly equal magnitude, or there is a rapid transition from wind waves to swell as the dominant type of wave.