ABSTRACT
The efficacy of the models to estimate certain important wave statistics such as average of one-third the highest significant wave heights and associated peak periods, mean energy periods and zero up-crossing periods are ascertained by comparing with the respective computed values from the data. Albeit the survivability of floating energy converters that operate in shallow waters depend on extreme sea states, their operability mainly depends only on the wave period. The joint behaviour of the significant wave heights and the associated periods: mean energy periods, peak periods and zero up-crossing periods off Kozhicode, southwest coast of India in the months of April and May 2013 are examined. The frequency distribution of the wave period statistics against wave height intervals are also plotted for further clarification on their joint behaviour. The dependency of the wave statistics to each other was examined.
