Boscombe wave buoy daily averages for May 2025

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

Last observation shown Sat, May 31, 2025, 23:30

Data available: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 to Sun, Aug 2, 2026

Monthly averages for 2025

Average Wave Height

1.2ft

0.3 — 5.3ft

Average Wave period

3.5secs

2 — 6secs

Average Wave Direction

SSE

Average Water temperature

14.3°C

12.2 — 16.4°C

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 9,406 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height: 1.2ft; 0.1ft below average; Historical average 1.3ft
Wave Period: 3.5s; 1.5s below average; Historical average 5s
Water Temperature: 14.3°C; 1.1°C above average; Historical average 13.2°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 May 2025last observation shown May 2025
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
May 1	1	3	S	13.2
May 2	1	4	S	13.4
May 3	1	3	SSE	13.2
May 4	1	4	SE	12.9
May 5	1	4	SE	12.8
May 6	1	4	SE	12.7
May 7	1	4	SE	12.8
May 8	1	4	SE	13.1
May 9	1	4	SE	13.0
May 10	1	3	SSE	13.3
May 11	1	3	SSE	13.6
May 12	1	3	SSE	13.9
May 13	1	3	S	14.8
May 14	1	3	S	14.7
May 15	1	4	SSE	14.2
May 16	1	4	SSE	14.3
May 17	1	3	SSE	14.5
May 18	1	4	S	14.7
May 19	1	3	SSE	15.1
May 20	1	4	SSE	15.2
May 21	1	4	S	14.9
May 22	1	3	SSE	14.9
May 23	1	3	S	15.4
May 24	2	3	S	15.4
May 25	2	3	S	15.3
May 26	3	3	SSW	15.0
May 27	4	4	S	14.9
May 28	2	4	S	15.0
May 29	2	3	S	15.0
May 30	1	3	SSW	15.4
May 31	1	4	SSW	15.7

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

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