Boscombe wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2025

Daily averages from the Boscombe wave buoy for Oct 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 23:30

Data available: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 to Mon, Jul 13, 2026

Monthly averages for 2025

Average Wave Height

2ft

0.3 — 8.9ft

Average Wave period

3.9secs

2 — 7secs

Average Wave Direction

Average Water temperature

15.2°C

13.4 — 16.5°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 9,060 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height: 2ft; In line with the historical average; Historical average 2ft
Wave Period: 3.9s; 1.7s below average; Historical average 5.6s
Water Temperature: 15.2°C; 0.5°C below average; Historical average 15.7°C

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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 2025last observation shown Oct 2025
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Oct 1	1	4	S	16.0
Oct 2	2	3	S	16.0
Oct 3	4	4	S	16.2
Oct 4	3	4	S	16.4
Oct 5	2	4	S	16.1
Oct 6	1	4	S	16.1
Oct 7	1	4	S	16.1
Oct 8	1	5	S	16.1
Oct 9	1	4	S	16.0
Oct 10	1	4	S	16.0
Oct 11	1	4	S	15.9
Oct 12	1	4	SSE	15.8
Oct 13	2	4	SE	15.7
Oct 14	1	4	SE	15.6
Oct 15	1	4	SE	15.5
Oct 16	1	4	SE	15.4
Oct 17	2	3	SE	15.4
Oct 18	3	4	SE	15.3
Oct 19	4	4	SSE	15.1
Oct 20	4	4	S	14.9
Oct 21	2	4	S	14.8
Oct 22	1	4	S	14.8
Oct 23	2	4	S	14.6
Oct 24	3	4	SSW	14.4
Oct 25	2	4	S	14.1
Oct 26	2	3	SSW	13.9
Oct 27	2	4	S	13.7
Oct 28	2	4	SSW	13.7
Oct 29	2	4	S	13.7
Oct 30	3	4	S	13.7
Oct 31	-	5	SSE	13.7

Realtime data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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