Bracklesham Bay wave buoy observations on Sat, Sep 19, 2020

Hourly readings from the Bracklesham Bay wave buoy for Sat, Sep 19, 2020, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 23:30

Oldest observation available Fri, Aug 22, 2008

Daily means for Sep 2020

Period Summary

Hog Says

48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 1.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.9–2.4 ft), while mean peak wave period was 17.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 12.9–24.6 seconds). Mean water temperature was 18.2°C (10th–90th percentile 18.1–18.3°C). 2 of 191 checked values (1%) were excluded by quality control.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

About Bracklesham Bay wave buoy

Bracklesham Bay is a Channel Coastal Observatory National Network wave station off the West Sussex coast. Its nearshore position records conditions entering the broad bay between Selsey and Hayling Island, supporting coastal management along an exposed beach frontage west of Chichester Harbour.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wave power and sea temperature.

Bracklesham Bay wave buoy hourly observations Sat, Sep 19, 2020Last observation shown Sat, Sep 19, 2020
Metric	Sat 00:00	Sat 00:30	Sat 01:00	Sat 01:30	Sat 02:00	Sat 02:30	Sat 03:00	Sat 03:30	Sat 04:00	Sat 04:30	Sat 05:00	Sat 05:30	Sat 06:00	Sat 06:30	Sat 07:00	Sat 07:30	Sat 08:00	Sat 08:30	Sat 09:00	Sat 09:30	Sat 10:00	Sat 10:30	Sat 11:00	Sat 11:30	Sat 12:00	Sat 12:30	Sat 13:00	Sat 13:30	Sat 14:00	Sat 14:30	Sat 15:00	Sat 15:30	Sat 16:00	Sat 16:30	Sat 17:00	Sat 17:30	Sat 18:00	Sat 18:30	Sat 19:00	Sat 19:30	Sat 20:00	Sat 20:30	Sat 21:00	Sat 21:30	Sat 22:00	Sat 22:30	Sat 23:00	Sat 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Maximum wave height (ft)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3
Peak period (s)	22	22	22	25	25	25	-	25	25	25	25	22	22	20	18	17	17	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	17	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	5	4	18	17	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Zero-crossing period (s)	4	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	5
Energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peak wave direction	S	SSW	SSW	WSW	S	SW	-	SSE	SE	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Directional spread (°)	61.0	40.0	38.0	57.0	57.0	70.0	-	75.0	66.0	48.0	56.0	57.0	53.0	39.0	30.0	34.0	20.0	15.0	26.0	17.0	37.0	13.0	19.0	24.0	38.0	42.0	39.0	43.0	66.0	72.0	52.0	49.0	55.0	41.0	30.0	25.0	22.0	37.0	36.0	26.0	27.0	21.0	27.0	21.0	23.0	16.0	16.0	21.0
Water temperature(°C)	18.4	18.4	18.3	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1	17.9	17.9	18.1	18.1	18.0	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.2	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.0	18.1	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.2	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.3	18.1	18.1

Swipe sideways to see more hours.

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

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

› Wave Buoy List