Boscombe wave buoy daily averages for Aug 2025

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

Last observation shown Mon, Sep 1, 2025, 00:30

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

Monthly averages for 2025

Average Wave Height

1.5ft

0.3 — 5.5ft

Average Wave period

3.6secs

2 — 8secs

Average Wave Direction

Average Water temperature

19.8°C

19.1 — 21.5°C

Compared With Previous Augusts

Historical baseline from 9,583 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height: 1.5ft; In line with the historical average; Historical average 1.5ft
Wave Period: 3.6s; 0.9s below average; Historical average 4.5s
Water Temperature: 19.8°C; 0.7°C above average; Historical average 19.1°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 Aug 2025last observation shown Aug 2025
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Aug 1	1	4	S	19.8
Aug 2	1	4	S	19.7
Aug 3	1	3	SSW	19.6
Aug 4	2	4	SSW	19.6
Aug 5	1	3	SSW	19.5
Aug 6	1	4	S	19.6
Aug 7	2	3	SSW	19.6
Aug 8	1	3	S	19.5
Aug 9	1	3	SSW	19.5
Aug 10	1	4	S	19.8
Aug 11	1	3	SSE	20.0
Aug 12	1	4	SSE	20.1
Aug 13	1	3	S	20.0
Aug 14	1	3	SSW	20.1
Aug 15	1	4	S	20.6
Aug 16	2	3	SE	20.3
Aug 17	2	4	SE	20.3
Aug 18	2	3	SE	20.2
Aug 19	1	4	SE	20.1
Aug 20	1	4	SE	19.9
Aug 21	1	4	SSE	19.7
Aug 22	1	3	S	19.7
Aug 23	1	3	SSW	19.8
Aug 24	2	3	SSE	19.9
Aug 25	2	3	SSE	20.0
Aug 26	3	5	S	20.1
Aug 27	3	4	S	20.0
Aug 28	2	4	S	19.8
Aug 29	2	4	S	19.6
Aug 30	3	4	S	19.5
Aug 31	3	4	S	19.2

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

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