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The consistency and uncertainties associated with these measurements of sea state are examined in a region of the eastern North Pacific. Discrepancies in mean significant wave height (Hs, 0.01 m) and root-mean-square deviation (0.06 m) between J3 and S6-MF LR are found to be small compared to differences with buoy data (0.04, 0.29 m). S6-MF HR data are found to be highly correlated with LR data (0.999) but affected by a nonlinear sea state-dependent bias. However, the bias can be explained robustly through regression modelling based on Hs. Subsequent triple collocation analysis (TCA) shows very little difference in measurement error (0.18 \u00b1 0.03 m) for the three altimetry datasets, when analysed with buoy data (0.22 \u00b1 0.02 m) and ERA5 reanalysis (0.27 \u00b1 0.02 m), although statistical precision, limited by total collocations (N = 535), both obscures interpretation and motivates the use of a larger dataset. However, we identify uncertainties in the collocation methodology, with important consequences for methods such as TCA. Firstly, data from some commonly used buoys are found to be statistically questionable, possibly linked to erroneous buoy operation. Secondly, we develop a methodology based on altimetry data to show how statistically outlying data also arise due to sampling over local sea state gradients. 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