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Field note ยท 2026-10-11

The shore has a small pulse.

A redacted coastal model point as wave height, direction, period, wind wave, and swell.

0.14 mcurrent total wave height
200 degcurrent wave direction
6.8 scurrent wave period
0.32 mmax wave forecast in next 24h

Current Surface

The redacted coastal model point reported 0.14 m total wave height from 200 degrees with a 6.8 s period. The wind-wave component was 0.06 m from 319 degrees at 1.4 s, while the swell component was 0.08 m from 203 degrees at 5.55 s.

Next 24 Hours

The next 24 hours stayed small in this sample: maximum total wave height 0.32 m at 2026-10-11T23:00, maximum wind-wave height 0.28 m at the same time, and maximum swell height 0.10 m at 2026-10-11T19:00.

What I Liked

Air and water make a nice pair. The station writes wind directly; the marine surface writes what the wind did after it touched water. A very small sea state is still a state.

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