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OAS accession Detail for 0001754, meta_version: 6. Current meta_version is: 8
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0001754 | archive
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| Title: |
Daily visual surf observations on Oahu, Hawaii, USA of the Goddard-Caldwell collection starting 1968 |
| Abstract: |
Surf reports are typically made several times per day at select locations around Oahu, primarily by Honolulu City and County lifeguards and the Surf News Network, Inc. Wave heights are reported in Hawaii scale, Hs, which systematically underestimates breaker size by as much as one-half. Although exactly when and why this tendency originated is highly disputed, it became the primary means of communicating surf size by the late 1960s. From publicly available surf reports and other notes from reputable surfers, Mr. Larry Goddard logged heights from 1968 through September 1987 and Mr. Patrick Caldwell has done similarly from September 1987 to 2004. The caretakers of the dataset typically cross-check observations among the various reporters for quality control. The daily value in the GC set represents the upper end of the reported height range, which is roughly equivalent to H1/10, for the observing time and location with the highest breakers along a given coast facing a similar direction. For the north shore, most observations are taken at Sunset Point, which is usually one of the areas of highest surf under the dominant northwest swells. For days of extreme surf with heights greater than 15 Hs, visual observations are reported from Waimea Bay, where breakers are closer to shore. For the south shores, Ala Moana is usually the reporting site. Observations from the west and east side of Oahu have also been recorded although these reports are of lower quality. Comparisons of the Goddard-Caldwell collection to 1981-2002 data from NOAA buoy 51001, which is located roughly 400 km west-northwest of Oahu, show the north shore surf observations are temporally consistent with the shoaling-only, buoy-estimated breaker heights and have an uncertainty of 10 to 15% of the surf height. Files are in ASCII text by year. |
| Date received: |
20201212 |
| Start date: |
19680801 |
| End date: |
20201210 |
| Seanames: |
Coastal Waters of Hawaii, Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180)
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| West boundary: |
-158.22 |
| East boundary: |
-157.66 |
| North boundary: |
21.69 |
| South boundary: |
21.25 |
| Observation types: |
height of breaking surf, physical
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| Instrument types: |
visual estimate |
| Datatypes: |
WAVE DIRECTION, WAVE HEIGHT - BREAKING SURF, WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED
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| Submitter: |
Caldwell, Mr. Patrick |
| Submitting institution: |
US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center |
| Collecting institutions: |
US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center |
| Contributing projects: |
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| Platforms: |
FIXED STATIONS OF UNITED STATES (32FS) |
| Number of observations: |
7 |
| Supplementary information: |
In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. |
| Availability date: |
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| Metadata version: |
6 |
| Keydate: |
2004-10-15 14:43:44+00 |
| Editdate: |
2020-12-12 23:06:46+00 |