Marine Science Australia
Current Queensland Wave Conditions
These images represent the current wave height and wave period up to two hours ago. The data is measured by wave rider buoys operated by the Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Bilinga
Gold Coast, Palm Beach
East of North Stradbroke Island
Water current speed and direction off North Stradbroke Island.
East of North Stradbroke Island (depth=350m)
North Moreton Bay
Mooloolaba
Emu Park, North of Curtis Island
Hay Point
Mackay
Water current speed and direction off Mackay.
Abbot Point
Townsville
Cairns
Cairns offshore, east of Jenny louise shoal
Weipa
Resources:
www.qld.gov.au/waves Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence
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The oceans provide 99% of the living space on the planet containing 50-80% of all life.
The Oceans cover 70% of the earths suface
The deepest part of the ocean is called the Mariana Trench, which is around 7 miles deep and is located in the South Pacific Ocean.
The water pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench is eight tons per square inch. This means the pressure there is enough to crush you.
The largest mountain range is found underwater and is called the Mid-Oceanic Ridge that is around 65,000 kilometres long.
Sponges are older than dinosaurs.
Half the Oxygen we breath is produced in the Ocean.
Irukandji jelly fish, with just a brush of venom leaves almost no mark. But after about a half hour you develop Irukandji syndrome, a debilitating mix of nausea, vomiting, severe pain, difficulty breathing, drenching sweating and sense of impending doom. You get so sick that your biggest worry is that you’re not going to die.
The most remote point in the oceans is called Point Nemo.
The Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans are known as the three major oceans.