Bring on the dramamine!!!!

Hello all-

During our weekly meeting, we were asked by Josh and Scott about the waves.  We checked on our buoy, Capo Silleiro, only to discover that it hasn’t been working since last Thursday.  We used another deep water buoy, Estaca de Bares–the northern most buoy in Spain–for our wave measurements:

If we were to simply look at these graphs, we would conclude that the waves would not vary much.  They would stay at 4 m high with a period of 8 seconds.  However, we looked at wave predictions provided by Puertos del Estados, which predicted something VERY different:

In 48 hours...

In 60 hours...

In 72 hours...

We do not know how accurate this is because two deep water buoys along the coast are down and incorrect.  If we assume that the other deep water buoys are accurate, however, we can predict that the waves will be horrendous (around 5-6 meters, or 15-18 feet).  If we were to make a suggestion, we would suggest retrieving the glider as fast as possible, otherwise lives may be at risk during the recovery.

-Dani and Melissa