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SURF'S UP ! ! !

To help predict and plan for upcoming surf, I like to examine the:

For weather and sea-surface conditions around Hawaii, I like the:

NWS Coastal and Offshore Marine Forecast
NOAA Buoy Wave and Wind Summary
Current 3-hour plot of NOAA buoy data (see below)
Current Honolulu weather conditions

Check out the plot of
NOAA Buoy Wave data below!

This is a plot of Significant Wave Height and Wave Period for the most current NOAA/Waverider buoy data online. This plot is updated automatically as new data is furnished by NOAA. The plot is made using GMT- Generic Mapping ToolS.

SURFING SCIENCE ON THE NET ! ! !

To keep up with the changing environmental conditions that influence my work on sea-level change, I like to grab data from The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level, which provides a global database of tide gauge measurements. See also the TOGA-TAO home page for important oceanographic data.

Significant Wave Heights of 33 feet originating from
typhoons Oscar and Polly (Sept. 21, 1995).

For current changes in mean sea level, I like to surf to remotely sensed images of sea-surface topography for 1996 provided by the JPL TOPEX/POSEIDON Team. They also have images of sea surface variability , wind speed , and significant wave height by month for the last several years including 1996.