--- title: Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport, Western Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/ publisher: Department of Transport, Western Australia licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-03 rows: 43 fields: 13 source: https://public-services.slip.wa.gov.au/public/rest/services/SLIP_Public_Services/Marine_and_Estuaries/MapServer/15 source_sha256: 8f10aaa61cca1c6e614afdf4f1aff65eb07f8d771938f2317ee28974dce59660 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport, Western Australia 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. Published by Department of Transport, Western Australia under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Transport, Western Australia has not endorsed this site. Also called: Wave Stations, Department of Transport (DOT-024), Wave Stations Historic, WA wave rider buoy locations. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.csv (20 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.xlsx (12 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.json (30 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.geojson (34 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.parquet (12 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.sqlite (49 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.gpkg (82 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.geo.parquet (9.9 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.ndjson (29 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.arrow (9.9 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.csv.gz (2.2 KB) Pinned version 2026-10-03: `https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-wave-stations-historic/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-wave-stations-historic/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-wave-stations-historic/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-wave-stations-historic/aggregate?group=depth&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `location_name` | string | location_name | | | `location_id` | string | location_id | | | `data_available_between` | string | data_available_between | The first and last dates of the deployment's data, as the publisher writes them. | | `latitude` | number | latitude | | | `longitude` | number | longitude | | | `depth` | string | depth | Water depth at the buoy as the publisher writes it, for example 60m. | | `readme` | string | readme | | | `download_metadata` | string | download_metadata | | | `live_wave` | string | live_wave | | | `download_data` | string | download_data | | | `licence` | string | licence | | | `production_date` | string | production_date | | | `status` | string | status | | Key: `location_id`. ## Versions - 2026-10-03: 43 rows, 13 fields, sha256 8f10aaa61cca. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/history.tar.zst ## Part of Wave buoy stations of the Department of Transport, Western Australia - [Wave buoy stations in operation, Department of Transport, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-current/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Coastal wave monitoring, Mackay](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-mackay/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Mooloolaba](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-mooloolaba/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Brisbane](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-brisbane/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Cairns](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-cairns/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Townsville](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-townsville/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Gold Coast](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-gold-coast/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Tweed Heads](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-tweed-heads/) (Qld) - [Open surface water gauging stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-surface-water-gauging-stations/) (Qld) - [Air quality monitoring by hour, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-air-quality/) (ACT) - [Water storages reporting to the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-water-storages/) (Cth) - [Bushfire and prescribed burn history, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-fire-history/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 100 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-100gl/) (SA) ## 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. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: 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. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/ Harvard: Department of Transport, Western Australia (2026) Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport, Western Australia, version 2026-10-03 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/ Markdown: Data: [Wave buoy stations of the Department of Transport, Western Australia](https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wave-stations), Department of Transport, Western Australia, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 43 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport cover? The current version covers the years since 1974. Each release from Department of Transport WA becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport updated? Department of Transport WA releases it as buoys are deployed and retired. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport? No. The publisher is Department of Transport, Western Australia, and its page is https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wave-stations. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport use? Longitude and latitude in decimal degrees from the publisher's own attribute columns. The layer is held in GDA2020, which differs from WGS84 by under 2 metres. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One deployment of a Department of Transport wave rider buoy, with its location name and identifier, the dates its data covers, its latitude, longitude and depth, the publisher's links to the data readme and deployment metadata, a yearly data download for about half of the deployments, the licence the publisher attaches to the record, the date the record was produced and its status. The live readings column is empty for every past deployment. ### Are the wave readings included? No. The publisher serves each deployment's readings as a zip of yearly workbooks linked from the download column where the row has one, which this site does not copy. Each row here describes a buoy deployment. ### Where is the publisher's file? There is none for the station list. This site reads every feature of the publisher's public map service layer in pages, in WGS84, and keeps them as one GeoJSON file, which is the source file beside every version. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/wa-wave-stations-historic.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/wa-wave-stations-historic.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.