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title: Wave buoy stations of the Department of Transport, Western Australia
resource: https://publicdata.au/c/wa-wave-stations/
publisher: Department of Transport, Western Australia
licence: CC BY 4.0
version: 2026-10-03
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# Wave buoy stations of the Department of Transport, Western Australia

The Department of Transport measures waves off the Western Australian coast with Datawell wave rider buoys. Older deployments used non-directional buoys and newer ones record wave direction as well.

The publisher lists its buoys in two layers. One holds the buoys in operation and the other holds past deployments since 1974. Each row links to the publisher's own downloads of that deployment's readings.

Published by Department of Transport, Western Australia under CC BY 4.0. Department of Transport, Western Australia has not endorsed this site.

## Tables

- [Wave buoy stations in operation, Department of Transport, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-current/): The Department of Transport's wave rider buoys in operation off the Western Australian coast, one row per buoy, with location, depth, the dates of its data and links to its readings. 8 rows, 13 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-current/index.md
- [Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/): Past deployments of Department of Transport wave rider buoys off the Western Australian coast since 1974, one row per deployment, with location, depth, dates and links to its data. 43 rows, 13 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/index.md

## Attribution and citation

Department of Transport, Government of Western Australia, Wave Stations (DOT-024), https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wave-stations, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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