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Anasuria AWS wave buoy daily means for Sep 2012

Daily means from the Anasuria AWS wave buoy for Sep 2012, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

717 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 5.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.3–9.8 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 5.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4–6 seconds). Typical wind was 18.4 mph (10th–90th percentile 9.2–26.4 mph) and mean water temperature was 13.3°C (10th–90th percentile 12–14.7°C). 1 of 3,496 checked values (0%) were excluded by quality control. Across 2 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 5.6 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 5 seconds.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

Typical Wave Height

5.9ft
Mean: 6.5 ft
P10–P90: 3.3 — 9.8 ft
Recorded extremes

2.6 — 27.2 ft

Mean Wave Period

5.3secs
P10–P90: 4 — 6secs
Recorded extremes

4 — 10secs

Available for 716 of 717 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

13.3°C
P10–P90: 12 — 14.7°C
Recorded extremes

11.7 — 14.9°C

Available for 634 of 717 hourly samples

Typical Wind

W, 18.4mph
Mean: 18.1 mph
P10–P90: 9.2 — 26.4 mph
Recorded extremes

2.2 — 53.1 mph

Circular concentration: 53%

Available for 714 of 717 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 753 observations across 2 years.

Wave Height
6.5ft
0.9ft above mean
Historical mean 5.6ft
Wave Period
5.3s
0.3s above mean
Historical mean 5s
Water Temperature
13.3°C
0.7°C above mean
Historical mean 12.6°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Anasuria AWS. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. To open hourly observations, use a linked day name in the table.

About Anasuria AWS wave buoy

Anasuria AWS (WMO 62164) is an automatic weather station on privately operated offshore infrastructure in the central North Sea. It is not a free-floating wave buoy. The station contributes meteorological and, when fitted, sea-state observations from an area with extensive offshore energy activity.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Anasuria AWS wave buoy daily means Sep 2012Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)5446884345688117776754431118657108
Mean observed period(s)5Reported5Reported4Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported4Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported8Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)------------------------------
Mean wind directionSWconcentration 97%WSWconcentration 85%SWconcentration 90%WSWconcentration 93%WNWconcentration 94%WSWconcentration 89%Wconcentration 83%SWconcentration 73%Sconcentration 99%SWconcentration 52%Wconcentration 89%WNWconcentration 92%WSWconcentration 82%Wconcentration 92%WSWconcentration 96%SWconcentration 95%WSWconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 94%WNWconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 84%Nconcentration 96%NNWconcentration 96%SEconcentration 35%Econcentration 98%Econcentration 96%NEconcentration 87%WNWconcentration 76%SWconcentration 96%Wconcentration 96%SWconcentration 94%
Mean wind speed (mph)171216201920811161421212327202222191991212827271416212522
Mean water temperature(°C)14.614.614.614.414.114.514.514.714.614.214.113.913.613.313.213.113.012.912.712.712.712.612.612.512.212.012.011.911.911.8

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Wave metric colour key

Colours move through the scale as each number increases. They do not by themselves mean that conditions are good, safe or suitable for you.

Wave & swell height0–40+ ft
Wave & swell period0–22+ s
Wind speed0–75 mph

The displayed numbers remain the source of truth; colour is an additional visual cue.

Which wave period is shown?

The table shows the best period measurement supplied for each observation. It is not necessarily the energy period used to calculate wave power.

Tp
Peak period: the period at the strongest spectral peak.
Tavg
The provider's average wave period.
Tm02
A mean period calculated from the wave spectrum.
Tz
Mean zero-crossing period.
Reported
A legacy value whose period type was not recorded.
Mixed
A daily or monthly mean containing more than one period type.

Wave power needs a genuine energy period (Te). SurfHog does not substitute Tp, Tavg, Tm02 or Tz when Te is missing.

What does buoy wave power mean?

kW/m means kilowatts of wave power per metre of wave crest. It describes the rate at which the observed sea state carries energy past the buoy.

Unlike the shore-directed forecast value, buoy wave power is the total power at the observation point. It is not projected towards a particular beach and does not predict breaking wave height.

In deep water, wave power can be calculated with:

P is approximately 0.49 times significant wave height squared times wave energy period.

P is power in kW/m, Hs is significant wave height in metres, and Te is wave energy period in seconds.

  • Provider-reported power is used when available.
  • Otherwise, a value is calculated only when both significant height and a genuine energy period are available. The ≈ symbol marks calculated values.
  • A dash is shown instead of substituting peak, Tm02, zero-crossing or other period measurements.
  • Daily and monthly figures use the mean of hourly-normalized observation power values; they are not calculated from mean height and period.

Wave direction, spectrum, water depth and local bathymetry still matter. Wave power is best read alongside height, period and direction rather than as a standalone surf-quality score.

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