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Brittany wave buoy daily means for Oct 2011

Daily means from the Brittany wave buoy for Oct 2011, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

745 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 8.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.3–13.8 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 7.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–10 seconds). Typical wind was 13.2 mph (10th–90th percentile 4.6–21.9 mph) and mean water temperature was 16.7°C (10th–90th percentile 15.6–17.8°C). 4 of 3,724 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 10 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7.6 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

8.9ft
Mean: 8.9 ft
P10–P90: 4.3 — 13.8 ft
Recorded extremes

2.3 — 21.7 ft

Available for 741 of 745 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

7.9secs
P10–P90: 6 — 10secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 14secs

Mean Water Temperature

16.7°C
P10–P90: 15.6 — 17.8°C
Recorded extremes

15.1 — 23.5°C

Typical Wind

Variable, 13.2mph
Mean: 13.9 mph
P10–P90: 4.6 — 21.9 mph
Recorded extremes

2.3 — 40.3 mph

Circular concentration: 25%

Available for 744 of 745 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 736 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height
8.9ft
1.1ft below mean
Historical mean 10ft
Wave Period
7.9s
0.3s above mean
Historical mean 7.6s
Water Temperature
16.7°C
0.6°C above mean
Historical mean 16.1°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Brittany. 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 Brittany wave buoy

Brittany buoy (WMO 62163) is maintained jointly by the UK Met Office and Météo-France in the Bay of Biscay. Its exposed position west of Brittany monitors Atlantic conditions approaching western France and the western entrance to the English Channel. The international feed can include wind, pressure, temperature and wave observations when available.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Brittany wave buoy daily means Oct 2011Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)43310101014857866561012131074814131110126111714
Mean observed period(s)7Reported8Reported7Reported9Reported8Reported7Reported9Reported8Reported6Reported8Reported8Reported9Reported8Reported6Reported7Reported11Reported11Reported9Reported8Reported8Reported6Reported6Reported7Reported8Reported8Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported8Reported11Reported9Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionEconcentration 90%ESEconcentration 55%Wconcentration 79%SWconcentration 97%SWconcentration 97%NWconcentration 93%NNWconcentration 96%NWconcentration 93%WSWconcentration 98%SWconcentration 96%SSWconcentration 65%Variableconcentration 13%ESEconcentration 95%ESEconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 90%NEconcentration 35%Wconcentration 63%NWconcentration 86%Nconcentration 98%NEconcentration 69%SSEconcentration 98%Sconcentration 91%Sconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 86%Wconcentration 93%SSEconcentration 33%NNWconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 46%SSWconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 97%SWconcentration 75%
Mean wind speed (mph)8581620211912121264101410811151671320291415172510201618
Mean water temperature(°C)17.919.417.316.617.317.817.417.217.117.117.117.217.317.217.217.016.816.916.716.116.016.116.015.715.615.615.615.615.615.615.4

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Wave metric colour key

Colours move through the scale as each number increases. They do not by themselves mean that conditions are good, safe or suitable for you.

Wave & swell height0–40+ ft
Wave & swell period0–22+ s
Wind speed0–75 mph

The displayed numbers remain the source of truth; colour is an additional visual cue.

Which wave period is shown?

The table shows the best period measurement supplied for each observation. It is not necessarily the energy period used to calculate wave power.

Tp
Peak period: the period at the strongest spectral peak.
Tavg
The provider's average wave period.
Tm02
A mean period calculated from the wave spectrum.
Tz
Mean zero-crossing period.
Reported
A legacy value whose period type was not recorded.
Mixed
A daily or monthly mean containing more than one period type.

Wave power needs a genuine energy period (Te). SurfHog does not substitute Tp, Tavg, Tm02 or Tz when Te is missing.

What does buoy wave power mean?

kW/m means kilowatts of wave power per metre of wave crest. It describes the rate at which the observed sea state carries energy past the buoy.

Unlike the shore-directed forecast value, buoy wave power is the total power at the observation point. It is not projected towards a particular beach and does not predict breaking wave height.

In deep water, wave power can be calculated with:

P is approximately 0.49 times significant wave height squared times wave energy period.

P is power in kW/m, Hs is significant wave height in metres, and Te is wave energy period in seconds.

  • Provider-reported power is used when available.
  • Otherwise, a value is calculated only when both significant height and a genuine energy period are available. The ≈ symbol marks calculated values.
  • A dash is shown instead of substituting peak, Tm02, zero-crossing or other period measurements.
  • Daily and monthly figures use the mean of hourly-normalized observation power values; they are not calculated from mean height and period.

Wave direction, spectrum, water depth and local bathymetry still matter. Wave power is best read alongside height, period and direction rather than as a standalone surf-quality score.

The observation data displayed on this page is from the UK Met Office.

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