Quote Originally Posted by GreenHead View Post
Buoy only measures the up of a wave from its water level point not the down. You can count on doubling any buoy wave height and I think...them some most of the time. Nice catch CaptJoe!
I think buoy 45142 measures from the bottom to the top to give the total wave height...Last week when it was real windy and that lady drowned...it reported the waves at 5.6ft.

The data for today appears accurate to what I experience while fishing between Dunkirk and the Catt.