Buoys

May 15, 2012

Hypothesis- waves will be highest in the middle of Pacific Ocean.

I looked at several buoys in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Arabian Sea near India, the Atlantic Ocean off the cost of African, and the North Sea.  The highest wave I saw was in the Pacific Ocean and the lowest was off the coast of Africa.  I think wind pushing the water towards land makes the waves high.   There were many different types of buoys.  I saw a disc buoy, Oil Platform.  The most interesting one was on an oil platform in the North Sea.  The wind speed at that location (59.500 N 1.500 E (59°30'0" N 1°30'0" E) was 17.1 knots.  I think wind and weather patterns cause waves to become high or low.  Buoys are helpful to meteorologists because they collect data to help predict the weather at sea.   Buoys collect different data for many purposes like to know wave highest.  Boaters use buoys to tell if it is a good time to go fishing or not.  Buoys on the coast can help alter cities of possible tsunamis. In conclusion I believe that my hypothesis was correct based on the data I found.