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High-resolution wave modelling for coastal waters.
Not yet available from GMS
The wave model output will appear here once GMS publishes it.
Model output will appear here once the nearshore model is connected.
Model output will appear here once the nearshore model is connected.
Global wave models work on a grid far coarser than Grenada is wide. They describe the open-ocean swell arriving at the island, but not what that swell does once it reaches shallow water and meets the coastline.
A nearshore model resolves refraction, shoaling and sheltering — why the same offshore swell produces a calm leeward anchorage and dangerous surf on an east-facing beach a few kilometres away.
Wave energy flux measures the rate at which wave energy arrives at a stretch of coast. It is not a mariner's product — it is a coastal management one.
It indicates where erosion pressure concentrates during a swell event, which informs beach management, coastal infrastructure design and setback planning. It is also the starting point for assessing marine renewable energy potential.