Irish Weather Buoy Network Real Time Data

Sea State Sea Surface Salinity Sea Surface Temperature Ocean surface stress

Real time meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the Irish moored Weather Buoy network of stations. Parameters collected include: DateTime (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sss), Atmospheric Pressure (mbar), Air Temperature (degreeCelsius), DewPoint Temperature (degreeCelsius), Wind Speed (knots), Max Gust Wind Speed (knots), Wind Direction (degreeTrue), Sea Surface Temperature (degreeCelsius), Wave Period (seconds), Wave Height (metres) and Relative Humidity (%). Real time data available for M2, M3, M4, M5 and M6. Historical data available for M1, FS1 and original M4 spatial location. The network is managed by the Marine Institute in collaboration with Met Eireann and the UK Met Office. The Irish Weather Buoy Network is designed to improve weather forecasts and safety at sea around Ireland. The buoy network provides vital data for weather forecasts, shipping bulletins, gale and swell warnings as well as data for general public information and research.

Data and resources

Data Subset Form

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Additional information

Date (creation)	2002-02-06
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show