Wave buoys Observations - Australia - near real-time

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The location of the buoy in the WMO message is recorded in degrees, minutes (not seconds), hence the location is only accurate to 1-2 kilometres.

The data are near real time and have not be quality assured.

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The licence details for use of this data is "free and unrestricted". We request that attribution is "Department of Transport [W.A]; State of Queensland, Department of Environment and Science; Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Department of Planning and Environment (DPE), New South Wales Government; Gippsland Ports; Integrated Marine Observing System; University of Western Australia (UWA); Deakin University, Pilbara Ports Authority, Flinders University and South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) [year-of-data-downloaded], Wave buoys Observations - Australia - near real-time, Downloaded from [url] on [date-of-download]".

Please refer to http://www.bom.gov.au/other/disclaimer.shtml for Bureau disclaimer details.

DOT buoys - The Dept of Transport [W.A] provides this data with the following disclaimer: "The Dept of Transport does not provide any warranty as to the accuracy of the Information nor as to its reliability. No person or corporation should act solely on the Information without considering, and, if necessary, seeking verification of the Information from an alternative information supplier. Neither Transport nor any member officer or employee undertakes responsibility in any way whatsoever to any person or corporation in respect of the Information including any errors or omissions therein however caused, whether through negligence or otherwise. (Dept of) Transport and all its member officers and employees expressly disclaim all and any liability to any person or corporation into whose hands the Information may come whether as purchased or otherwise, in respect of anything and of the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done by any such person or corporation in reliance in whole or part upon the whole or any part of the Information."

DES buoys - The Coastal Impacts Unit, DES disclaims all responsibility for the information provided, and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages, and costs that may be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way for any reason

MHL buoys - New disclaimer (November 2022) - NSW buoys Recipients of this ocean wave data will be subject to the following conditions: The Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) [NSW] provides this data with the following disclaimer: "The Department of Planning and Environment does not provide any warranty as to the accuracy of the Information nor as to its reliability. No person or corporation should act solely on the Information without considering, and, if necessary, seeking verification of the Information from an alternative information supplier. Neither DPE nor any member officer or employee undertakes responsibility in any way whatsoever to any person or corporation in respect of the Information including any errors or omissions therein however caused, whether through negligence or otherwise. DPE and all its member officers and employees expressly disclaim all and any liability to any person or corporation into whose hands the Information may come whether as purchased or otherwise, in respect of anything and of the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done by any such person or corporation in reliance in whole or part upon the whole or any part of the Information." The Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) [NSW] disclaims all responsibility for the information provided, and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages, and costs that may be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way for any reason. Please refer to the NSW Government data disclaimer on SEED https://www.seed.nsw.gov.au/copyright-disclaimer.

Former disclaimer - The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) [NSW] provides this data with the following disclaimer: "The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment does not provide any warranty as to the accuracy of the Information nor as to its reliability. No person or corporation should act solely on the Information without considering, and, if necessary, seeking verification of the Information from an alternative information supplier. Neither DPIE nor any member officer or employee undertakes responsibility in any way whatsoever to any person or corporation in respect of the Information including any errors or omissions therein however caused, whether through negligence or otherwise. DPIE and all its member officers and employees expressly disclaim all and any liability to any person or corporation into whose hands the Information may come whether as purchased or otherwise, in respect of anything and of the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done by any such person or corporation in reliance in whole or part upon the whole or any part of the Information." The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) [NSW] disclaims all responsibility for the information provided, and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages, and costs that may be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way for any reason. Please refer to the NSW Government data disclaimer on SEED https://www.seed.nsw.gov.au/copyright-disclaimer

Gippsland buoys - In consideration of Gippsland Ports Committee of Management Inc. permitting use of this data, you acknowledge and agree that neither the Crown in respect of the State of Victoria, Gippsland Ports Committee of Management Inc. or its Directors or employees, give any warranty in relation to the data (including currency, accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability) and accept no liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) whatsoever and howsoever caused for any loss damage or cost (including consequential damage) relating to any use of or reliance on the data.

IMOS buoys - Any users of IMOS data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material derived from IMOS in the format: "Data was sourced from Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure strategy (NCRIS)." If relevant, also credit other organisations involved in collection of this particular datastream (as listed in 'credit' in the metadata record).

UWA buoys - Any users of IMOS data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material in the format: \"Data was sourced from Australia?s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)\". This wave data was collected and quality controlled by the University of Western Australia. This dataset is an output from the Catching Oz Waves project, which received investment (https://doi.org/10.47486/DP748) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)."

NSW nearshore wave buoys - Data users must clearly acknowledge: NSW nearshore wave buoy data were collected, processed and provided by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment Nearshore Wave Data Program\". For more information visit: https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-nearshore-wave-buoy-parameter-time-series-data-completed-deployments. This dataset is an output from the Catching Oz Waves project, which received investment (https://doi.org/10.47486/DP748) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

Deakin University buoys - If you use this data please attribute as ?Wave data was provided by the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program with funding through Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, University of Melbourne and Deakin University.? For the Cape Bridgewater Sofar Ocean buoys that are being used in the IMOS new technology proving trials in additional please acknowledge ?Data was sourced from Australia?s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) ? IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). This dataset is an output from the Catching Oz Waves project, which received investment (https://doi.org/10.47486/DP748) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).?

Pilbara Ports buoys - Data users must clearly acknowledge: "Data was provided by the Pilbara Ports Authority with assistance from OMC International. This dataset is an output from the Catching Oz Waves project, which received investment (https://doi.org/10.47486/DP748) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)"

South Australian buoys - If you are using this data please acknowledge that “Flinders University and the South Australia Research and Development Institute provided the wave data from Gulf Saint Vincent, via funding from SA Water, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and the SA Department for Environment and Water (DEW) through its Coastal Research and Development Grant Program.” If you are using data from the Robe wave buoys please acknowledge that “Flinders University and the South Australia Research and Development Institute provided the wave data from the Robe region, via funding from the District Council of Robe.”