My suggested answer is the work of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Fontaine Maury, who (1) compiled weather and sea condition information from old sailing logs, (2) asked outbound sea captains to keep regular logs of weather and sea conditions and send them back to him, (3) offer each participating sea captain a set of new nautical charts with compiled information included, and (4) published the compiled information in several books, starting about 1850.  See http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2011/11/the-wave-glider-of-2011-and-matthew-fontaine-maury-of-1850/.  (One of my ancestors was such a participating captain.)

Look the Links.

https://books.google.co.ve/books?id=fdpSAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=Anyone+knows+when+the+observations+and+measurements+for+the+compilation+of+global+wave...&source=bl&ots=egeqpJ-5gD&sig=Oj9UkR49EXmA9VnSFaGKq_9SkRE&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRg67aotrPAhXLVD4KHfgCD04Q6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=Anyone%20knows%20when%20the%20observations%20and%20measurements%20for%20the%20compilation%20of%20global%20wave...&f=false

http://www.globalwavestatisticsonline.com/Help/appendices.htm

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0104.1

http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/jmackinnon/content/global-patterns-diapycnal-mixing-measurements-turbulent-dissipation-rate-1

https://books.google.co.ve/books?id=6y0-mlWURuMC&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=Anyone+knows+when+the+observations+and+measurements+for+the+compilation+of+global+wave...&source=bl&ots=z7wTHcRiFu&sig=gypZsMVDmmg1nh84U4eImRQq7rI&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRg67aotrPAhXLVD4KHfgCD04Q6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=Anyone%20knows%20when%20the%20observations%20and%20measurements%20for%20the%20compilation%20of%20global%20wave...&f=false

Thanks Jonathan French and William Senior. I appreciate the contribution of both. Best Regards