Significant Wave Height and Mean Wave Direction
Map	Mollweide	Orthographic Projection							Mercator
Wave Height	Global	NW Pac 185°W 10°N	SW Pac 185°W 10°S	NE Pac 140°W 10°N	SE Pac 140°W 10°S	N Atl 40°W 12.5°N	S Atl 15°W 10°S	Ind 80°E 10°S	NE Pac	Mexico C. America	NE Atl	Aus/NZ
Wave Period	Global	NW Pac 185°W 10°N	SW Pac 185°W 10°S	NE Pac 140°W 10°N	SE Pac 140°W 10°S	N Atl 40°W 12.5°N	S Atl 15°W 10°S	Ind 80°E 10°S	NE Pac	Mexico C. America	NE Atl	Aus/NZ
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Wave Watch III Data courtesy NOAA/NCEP Ocean Modeling Branch

Maps plotted with GMT-3 (Generic Mapping Tools) - SOEST University of Hawai`i

The animation images are Netscape animated GIFs, one frame every 0.75 second from 00 up to 180 hours at 6 hour intervals. The contour levels in the animation images are from 0 to 20 ft. for Sig. Wave Height and the Peak Wave Direction directional arrows are omitted to improve clarity, they do not show up well within the smaller format. Peak Wave Period and peak wave direction plots facilitate seeing swell fronts as they move accross an ocean basin. Maps are initialized twice daily at 00:00hrs GMT and 12:00hrs GMT with NOAA/NCEP/OMB 3 rd generation WAM Wave data (was swell data). These are NOT official NOAA/NCEP/OMB products. They are created from OMB WAM output and should not be used to make any navigational or other descisions that might endanger public safety or put anyone at significant risk.

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