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

Metadata Updated: October 27, 2025

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.

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date September 29, 2025
Metadata Created Date September 26, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 27, 2025
Reference Date(s) August 28, 2025 (creation), August 28, 2025 (issued)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from ioos

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date September 29, 2025
Metadata Created Date September 26, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 27, 2025
Reference Date(s) August 28, 2025 (creation), August 28, 2025 (issued)
Responsible Party Coastal Data Information Program, SIO/UCSD (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid CARICOOSRincon_wave_Hist
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long -67.27987
Bbox North Lat 18.37639
Bbox South Lat 18.37639
Bbox West Long -67.27987
Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
Frequency Of Update
Harvest Object Id 62007a57-d06d-4b95-9a6f-b9838b20d24f
Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
Harvest Source Title ioos
Licence
Lineage 2025-08-28T06:45:54Z: dataset created; user, program, arguments: uproc, wnc_aggregate_hist v1.0, 181p1
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-67.27987, 18.37639]}
Progress
Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP tabledap
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2011-04-29T14:06:07Z
Temporal Extent End 2025-07-15T11:30:00Z

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