CDIP Wave Riders

The Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) maintains buoy arrays throughout the coastal zones of the continental USA and Hawaii. The CDIP waver rider gauges provide wave energy as a function of wave period. The data are usually taken at six hour increments. A collaborating agency with CDIP is the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers (USACE) which also maintains arrays of gauges in coastal areas of the USA. These data have been kindly shared with the National Oceanographic Data Center, where data are stored for posterity.

The NODC Hawaii Liaison has obtained copies of the data for the Hawaiian region. The original CDIP files at 6-hr increments are available on a case-by-case basis. Daily averages have been computed and are available online. The original USACE data is available online in the USACE format.

Appropriate credit for use of this data should be given to the CDIP and USACE.

CDIP Data
- Barber's Point, Oahu data and/or documentation
- Barking Sands, Kauai data and/or documentation
- Kahului Harbor Entrance, Maui data and/or documentation
- Makapuu, Oahu data and/or documentation
- Pearl Harbor Entrance, Oahu data and/or documentation
USACE Data
- Kaumalapau Harbor Entrance, Lanai data and/or documentation

Questions or comments: Mr. Patrick Caldwell, caldwell@hawaii.edu

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