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Significant Wave Height
Wind Sea Wave Height
Primary Swell Wave Height
Secondary Swell Wave Height
Wind Speed and Direction 		Peak Wave Period
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The significant wave height is a measure for the wave height, and closely corresponds to what a trained observer would consider to be the mean wave height. Note that the highest wave height of an individual wave will be significantly larger.

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