Boscombe wave buoy daily averages for Sep 2025

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

Last observation shown Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 00:30

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

Monthly averages for 2025

Average Wave Height

2.2ft

0.4 — 5.9ft

Average Wave period

3.8secs

2 — 6secs

Average Wave Direction

Average Water temperature

17.6°C

15.4 — 19.1°C

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 8,686 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height: 2.2ft; 0.7ft above average; Historical average 1.5ft
Wave Period: 3.8s; 1.3s below average; Historical average 5.1s
Water Temperature: 17.6°C; 0.5°C below average; Historical average 18.1°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 Sep 2025last observation shown Sep 2025
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Sep 1	3	4	S	19.1
Sep 2	3	4	S	18.9
Sep 3	5	4	S	18.8
Sep 4	3	4	S	18.7
Sep 5	2	4	S	18.7
Sep 6	3	4	SSE	18.7
Sep 7	2	3	SSE	18.8
Sep 8	2	4	S	18.7
Sep 9	2	3	S	18.6
Sep 10	3	4	S	18.5
Sep 11	3	4	S	18.3
Sep 12	3	4	S	18.0
Sep 13	3	4	S	17.8
Sep 14	3	4	S	17.7
Sep 15	4	4	SSW	17.5
Sep 16	2	4	SSW	17.3
Sep 17	3	4	SSW	17.3
Sep 18	2	4	S	17.4
Sep 19	1	3	S	17.7
Sep 20	2	3	S	17.7
Sep 21	1	4	S	17.4
Sep 22	1	5	SSE	17.1
Sep 23	1	5	SSE	16.8
Sep 24	1	4	SE	16.6
Sep 25	1	4	SSE	16.4
Sep 26	1	4	SSE	16.2
Sep 27	2	3	SSE	16.1
Sep 28	1	4	S	15.9
Sep 29	1	4	S	15.9
Sep 30	1	4	S	16.0

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

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