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Boscombe wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2024

Daily averages from the Boscombe wave buoy for Oct 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Average Wave Height

2ft
Observed range: 0.5 — 7.7ft

Average Wave period

4.2secs
Observed range: 3 — 11secs

Average Wave Direction

S

Average Water temperature

15.4°C
Observed range: 13.1 — 16.1°C

Available for 1,468 of 1,469 observations

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 7,601 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
2ft
In line with the historical average
Historical average 2ft
Wave Period
4.2s
1.8s below average
Historical average 6s
Water Temperature
15.4°C
0.3°C below average
Historical average 15.7°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Boscombe. 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 Boscombe wave buoy

Boscombe is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station in about 10 metres of water off Bournemouth. First deployed in July 2003, it provides one of the National Network's longer nearshore records for the central south coast. The station reports wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

Boscombe wave buoy daily averages Oct 2024last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
14S16.0
15S15.9
24SSE15.7
23SSE15.8
33SSE15.8
34SSE15.7
34S15.7
44S15.6
26S15.7
18S15.7
24S15.4
34SSE15.3
14S15.3
24SSE15.2
23SSE15.3
24SSE15.4
24S15.4
25S15.3
34S15.5
QC rejected4S15.4
35S15.3
24S15.3
24S15.2
34SSE15.1
24S15.1
15S15.0
14S15.0
23SSW15.2
14S15.2
14S15.2
14SSE15.0
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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