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What is Significant Wave Height (SWH)?

April 26, 2017height SIGNIFICANT swh wave

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What is Significant Wave Height (SWH)?

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Significant wave height (SWH) is defined as the average of the highest 1/3 of the waves observed in a wave field. In other words, if a seafarer were to observe the passage of 100 individual waves past a given point, the significant wave height would be the average height of the highest 33 waves.