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Galveston Buoy 6 Day Wave Buoy Record

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Data Age 102 hr 96 hr 90 hr 84 hr 78 hr 72 hr 66 hr 60 hr 54 hr 48 hr 42 hr 36 hr 30 hr 24 hr 18 hr 12 hr 6 hr 0 hr
Wave height (m) & direction (?) 0.9
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Dominant period (s) (?) 6 6 - 7 - 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 4 - 6 5 6 -
Average period (s) (?) 4.2 4.5 - 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.7 3.9 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.1 -
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Water Temp. °C 23.8 23.8 24.4 24.3 24.1 24.2 - 24.3 24.8 24.7 25.4 25.6 24.7 24.0 24.0 23.8 - -
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Swell1 (m) & direction -
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Mean Pressure at Sea Level 1015.2 1017.2 1017.4 1015.8 1014.2 1015.4 - 1013.5 1011.0 1012.1 1015.0 1017.0 1021.3 1023.6 1024.0 1023.2 - -
Temp. °C 23.5 23.6 23.9 23.7 23.6 23.8 - 24.1 23.8 24.1 24.7 23.5 18.1 16.1 18.7 20.8 - -
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24 closest surf breaks to Galveston Buoy:

1. Bolivar (33 km N) 7. Refish Island (57 km NW) 13. Freeport Pier (103 km WSW) 19. San Jose Island (291 km WSW)
2. Galveston - Flagship Pier (35 km WNW) 8. Octagon House (69 km WSW) 14. Freeport Channel (104 km WSW) 20. St Joe s Island (300 km WSW)
3. Meacom Pier (35 km WNW) 9. Surfside Jetty (72 km WSW) 15. Holly Beach (110 km ENE) 21. Horace Caldwell Pier (301 km WSW)
4. Galveston (36 km WNW) 10. Quintana Jetty (80 km WSW) 16. Matagorda (169 km WSW) 22. Port Aransas (301 km WSW)
5. Galveston-61st Street Pier (36 km WNW) 11. Surfside Beach Octagone (92 km WSW) 17. Port O'Conner (211 km WSW) 23. Fish Pass Jetty (306 km WSW)
6. Jamaica Beach (55 km W) 12. Surfside (92 km WSW) 18. Coastal Bend Area (276 km WSW) 24. Condos (318 km WSW)
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