The bmi_wavewatch3 Python package provides both a command line interface and a programming interface for downloading and working with [WAVEWATCH III] data.

bmi_wavewatch3 provides access to the following raster data sources,

• 30 year wave hindcast Phase 1

• 30 year wave hindcast Phase 2

• Production hindcast Singlegrid

• Production hindcast Multigrid

All data sources provide both global and regional grids.

>>> from bmi_wavewatch3 import WaveWatch3
>>> ww3 = WaveWatch3("2009-11-08")
>>> ww3.data.swh[ww3.step, :, :].plot()