I skipped the Ocean City, NJ event this weekend, since the predicted waves were about a foot, and having seen OC with similar waves last year, I was in no hurry to leave the house at 5:00am on Saturday just to paddle flatwater. I hope everyone had fun.

Instead of paddling I was able to get the buoy data feeds (in the column to the right) working (sort of). These grab raw wave model data from NOAA, then parse it into a condensed format. The forecasts are based on NOAA's Wavewatch III global wave forecasting model, or its similar Western North Atlantic (WNA) data model. Obviously, I'm still working out the kinks. The chart should present overall significant wave height, and then, for the primary or largest wave field, thesignificant wave height, average period, and direction. Right now the column fiormatting is off. An asterisk, by the way, indicates that the waves in the field are likely to be primarily (local) wind waves (and thus closeouts and messy soup are more likely).