The content provided on this page supports model
development. These are not official NWS products and
should not be relied upon for operational purposes. This
web site is not subject to 24/7 support, and thus may be
unavailable during system outages.
Operationally generated graphics of the wave fields (no
spectra or source terms) are available from
Model Analyses and Guidance.
Bulletin files are available from the
Production FTP/HTTPS server.
Look for gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/wave/station/bulls.tCCz/gfswave.stationID.bull
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.
