BoP Wave buoy back in Pukehina water

[Wolfie33]

The wave buoy was put back in the water late last month . . .

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11487596

They have had some issues with it, I recall it broke loose about a year ago & washed up on a beach somewhere.

It's managed by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council,
link for data is: Wave Buoy

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[Wolfie33]

The wave buoy stopped sending data on 1st March 2016.
I saw this some time ago, but then couldn't find it for a while. Better late than never?

Bay's wave buoy out of action, for now
11:23 AM Wednesday May 4, 2016



Bay of Plenty Regional Council's wave buoy will be out of the water for several months as the internal computer gets a makeover.

The buoy, which sits 13km off Pukehina Beach, monitors and records information about wave heights, water temperature and wave frequency. The live data is shared on the Councils website and is especially popular with boaties and surfers in the region.

However, the internal computer in the wave buoy is 14 years old this year and causing a number of issues.

Regional Council's data services manager Glenn Ellery said that the computer repairs would take a few months but they hoped to have it ready in time for summer.

"Like any computer facing its 14th birthday, the wave buoy computer is requiring maintenance more regularly. With the specialist parts needing to come from Canada it will be a few months before we have that live data streaming back online," Mr Ellery said.

While the wave buoy may be out of action, there is plenty of other data available on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's live monitoring site, including data on the region's soil, air, rivers and lakes.

- Bay of Plenty Times

source:-    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11633363

[Wolfie33]

Looks like the BoP Regional Council Wave Buoy is back in the water.

They have published web data over the last few days, & looks like they were testing over a few days prior.
Water temperature was a day behind initially, appears they have fixed that today.

Data is viewable at    Wave Buoy

[Wolfie33]

The BoP Regional Council wave buoy was recently pulled for a hull service.
It received anti-fouling, build-up of growth was removed and zinc anodes to prevent corrosion were replaced.

It was out of action from 28 Feb until 07 March.
Latest Summary
Sensor                           Latest Sample    Latest Value (NZST)    Alarm Status
Average Wave Height    0.47 metres   15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A
Max Wave Height          1.15 metres    15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A
Sig. Wave Height           0.71 metres   15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A
Sig. Wave Period           4.3 secs         15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A
Mean Period                  3.6 secs         15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A
Peak Period                   4.5 secs         15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A
Mean Mag. Dir.               84 degrees      15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A
Water Temperature       20.5 deg. C      15-Mar-2017 20:00   N/A

More info at:    Wave Buoy

[Wolfie33]

The buoy has been pulled for "programmed maintenance" with a targeted redeployment date of mid September.
Last data was dated 18 August.

More info at:    Wave Buoy