CARICOOS Wave Buoy (Rincon, PR): Historical (2012 - 2025), Wave Data

Directional wave and sea surface temperature measurements collected in situ by Datawell Waverider buoys located near RINCON, PUERTO RICO from 2011/04/29 to 2025/07/15. This dataset includes publicly-released data only, excluding all records flagged bad by quality control procedures. A total of 223072 wave samples were analyzed for this area, where the water depth is approximately 33 meters.

Data and Resources

Metadata Date

2026-04-02

Metadata Tags

GCMD Keywords

CF Standard Names

Online Access

OPeNDAP (DAP Client Access)

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ERDDAP (DAP Client Access)

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Distribution Formats
  • OPeNDAP (Version: DAP/2.0 )
Distributor Coastal Data Information Program, SIO/UCSD
Point of Contact Coastal Data Information Program, SIO/UCSD
www@cdip.ucsd.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator Coastal Data Information Program, SIO/UCSD
www@cdip.ucsd.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
contributor CARICOOS, CARICOOS/USACE, CDIP
Dataset Point of Contact IOOS Data Manager
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
240-533-9444
data.ioos@noaa.gov
General Documentation
Associated Documentation Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
Date(s) creation: 2026-01-29
issued: 2026-01-29
creation: 2026-01-29
issued: 2026-01-29
creation: 2026-01-29
issued: 2026-01-29
creation: 2026-01-29
issued: 2026-01-29
Use Limitations These data may be redistributed and used without restriction.
Time Period 2011-04-29T14:06:07Z to 2025-07-15T11:30:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 18.37639° S: 18.37639° E: -67.27987° W: -67.27987°
Theme keywords Uncategorized
  • 2011/04/29
  • 2025/07/15
  • atlantic ocean
  • attributes
  • average
  • bounds
  • buoys
  • california
  • cell
  • collected
  • control
  • data
  • datawell
  • density
  • diego
  • direction
  • directional
  • earth
  • earth science
  • file
  • first
  • flag
  • frequency
  • gravity waves
  • grid
  • identifier
  • index
  • institution
  • instrumentation
  • located
  • mapping
  • maximum
  • mean
  • measurements
  • meta
  • metaGridMapping
  • metaInstrumentation
  • metaPlatform
  • metaStationName
  • moment
  • name
  • near
  • north atlantic ocean
  • ocean
  • ocean temperature
  • ocean waves
  • oceanography
  • oceans
  • peak
  • period
  • physical
  • physical oceanography
  • platform
  • power
  • primary
  • puerto
  • quality
  • rico
  • rincon
  • san
  • science
  • scripps
  • sea
  • sea surface temperature
  • secondary
  • significant
  • significant wave height
  • situ
  • source
  • spectra
  • spectral
  • speed
  • sst
  • station
  • statistics
  • status
  • surface
  • surface waves
  • temperature
  • university
  • upcross
  • upcrossing
  • variance
  • water temperature
  • wave
  • wave frequency
  • wave period
  • wave spectra
  • waveDp
  • waveFlagPrimary
  • waveFlagSecondary
  • waveHs
  • wavePeakPSD
  • waverider
  • waves
  • waveSourceIndex
  • waveTa
  • waveTimeBounds
  • waveTp
  • waveTz
  • wind waves
  • zero
  • zero-upcross

GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Speed/Direction
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Spectra
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Frequency
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height

CF Standard Name Table v79
  • time
  • time
  • status_flag
  • sea_surface_wave_significant_height
  • sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
  • sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment
  • sea_surface_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
  • sea_surface_wave_energy_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
  • sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
  • latitude
  • longitude
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
Use Constraints These data may be redistributed and used without restriction.
Lineage Statement 2025-08-28T06:45:54Z: dataset created; user, program, arguments: uproc, wnc_aggregate_hist v1.0, 181p1
Platforms
platform wave_buoy
platform_id 181p1
platform_name Waverider Rincon Wave Buoy
platform_vocabulary https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform/
wmo_platform_code 41115
Ingestion Attributes
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
contributor_name CARICOOS, CARICOOS/USACE, CDIP
creator_country USA
creator_sector academic
publisher_country USA
infoUrl http://cdip.ucsd.edu/metadata/181p1
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v79