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186 - CAPE CHARLES, VA Status:DECOMMISSIONED Notice:04/08/2018 Recovered buoy

Significant wave height vs Peak period (1440 records)

Peak Period, Tp (s)
Hs (ft)	22+	19	17	15	13	11	9	7	5
28.58 - 29.5+
27.59 - 28.54
26.61 - 27.56
25.62 - 26.57
24.64 - 25.59
23.65 - 24.61
22.67 - 23.62
21.69 - 22.64
20.70 - 21.65
19.72 - 20.67
18.73 - 19.69
17.75 - 18.70
16.77 - 17.72
15.78 - 16.73
14.80 - 15.75							3
13.81 - 14.76						1	4
12.83 - 13.78						7	2
11.84 - 12.80						4	3	2
10.86 - 11.81						4		2
9.88 - 10.83						5	1	3
8.89 - 9.84						2	2	3
7.91 - 8.86				1	5	13	1		1
6.92 - 7.87				8	14	11		2	1
5.94 - 6.89				10	6	8	15	3	2
4.95 - 5.91				1	5	21	15	27	36
3.97 - 4.92				1	14	63	24	46	105
2.99 - 3.94					7	55	37	120	110
2.00 - 2.95		3	20	13	11	115	155	91	123
1.02 - 1.97		12	9	1	1	38	6	5	1
0.03 - 0.98
	22+	19	17	15	13	11	9	7	5

Peak direction vs Peak period (1440 records)

Peak Period, Tp (s)
Dp (deg)	22+	19	17	15	13	11	9	7	5
349 - 360
337 - 348
325 - 336
313 - 324
301 - 312
289 - 300
277 - 288
265 - 276
253 - 264									2
241 - 252									2
229 - 240									1
217 - 228									3
205 - 216
193 - 204
181 - 192
169 - 180									2
157 - 168									28
145 - 156								2	36
133 - 144								41	16
121 - 132			4	1		8	1	71	26
109 - 120		9	12	6	10	57	35	27	28
97 - 108		3	8	4	9	103	90	33	7
85 - 96		3	5	5	9	78	61	32	20
73 - 84				11	25	63	44	36	36
61 - 72				8	9	38	37	57	76
49 - 60					1			5	58
37 - 48									29
25 - 36									5
13 - 24									3
1 - 12									1
	22+	19	17	15	13	11	9	7	5

Significant wave height vs Peak direction (1440 records)

Peak Direction, Dp (deg)
Hs (ft)	1 - 36	37 - 72	73 - 108	109 - 144	145 - 180	181 - 216	217 - 252	253 - 288	289 - 324	325 - 360
28.58 - 29.5+
27.59 - 28.54
26.61 - 27.56
25.62 - 26.57
24.64 - 25.59
23.65 - 24.61
22.67 - 23.62
21.69 - 22.64
20.70 - 21.65
19.72 - 20.67
18.73 - 19.69
17.75 - 18.70
16.77 - 17.72
15.78 - 16.73
14.80 - 15.75			2	1
13.81 - 14.76			5
12.83 - 13.78		2	7
11.84 - 12.80		4	5
10.86 - 11.81		2	4
9.88 - 10.83		5	4
8.89 - 9.84		2	5
7.91 - 8.86		7	14
6.92 - 7.87		20	16
5.94 - 6.89		17	27
4.95 - 5.91		51	47	7
3.97 - 4.92		77	127	49
2.99 - 3.94	1	73	102	130	23
2.00 - 2.95	8	56	282	132	45		6	2
1.02 - 1.97		2	38	33
0.03 - 0.98
	1 - 36	37 - 72	73 - 108	109 - 144	145 - 180	181 - 216	217 - 252	253 - 288	289 - 324	325 - 360