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Boscombe wave buoy daily averages for Mar 2025

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

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Average Wave Height

1.2ft
Observed range: 0.3 — 3.9ft

Average Wave period

4secs
Observed range: 2 — 7secs

Average Wave Direction

S

Average Water temperature

8.5°C
Observed range: 7.3 — 14.4°C

Available for 1,480 of 1,481 observations

Compared With Previous Marchs

Historical baseline from 8,055 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
1.2ft
0.8ft below average
Historical average 2ft
Wave Period
4s
3.1s below average
Historical average 7.1s
Water Temperature
8.5°C
0.1°C below average
Historical average 8.6°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 Mar 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
14S7.9
15S7.9
14S7.9
15S7.9
14S8.0
13SSW8.1
23SSE8.3
23SSE8.4
13SE8.5
14S8.8
14SSE8.4
15S8.3
15S8.3
14S8.2
14SSE8.1
25SE8.0
24SE8.0
34SE8.0
14S8.0
13SSE8.4
23SE8.4
23SSE8.8
15S8.8
14SSE8.9
14S9.0
13S9.4
13SSW9.4
13SSW9.3
24SSW9.3
24S9.5
14S9.6
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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