Daily means from the Brittany wave buoy for Mar 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
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741 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 9.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 6.2–18.4 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 7.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–9 seconds). Typical wind was 20.8 mph (10th–90th percentile 8.1–30 mph) and mean water temperature was 11.7°C (10th–90th percentile 11.5–11.8°C). 2 of 3,705 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 6 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 9.5 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7.3 seconds.
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Typical Wave Height
9.2ft
Mean: 10.9ft
P10–P90: 6.2 — 18.4ft
Recorded extremes
3.6 — 27.2ft
Available for 739 of 741 hourly samples
Mean Wave Period
7.4secs
P10–P90: 6 — 9secs
Recorded extremes
5 — 12secs
Mean Water Temperature
11.7°C
P10–P90: 11.5 — 11.8°C
Recorded extremes
11.4 — 12°C
Typical Wind
Variable, 20.8mph
Mean: 20mph
P10–P90: 8.1 — 30mph
Recorded extremes
2.2 — 43.8mph
Circular concentration: 23%
Compared With Previous Marchs
Historical baseline from 3,642 observations across 6 years.
Wave Height
10.9ft
1.4ft above mean
Historical mean 9.5ft
Wave Period
7.4s
0.1s above mean
Historical mean 7.3s
Water Temperature
11.7°C
0.1°C below mean
Historical mean 11.8°C
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Sorry, there is no wave data for Tue, Mar 1, 2016
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 Mar 2016Last observation shown
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Mean wave height (ft)
9
18
15
15
17
11
15
9
17
12
7
9
7
8
8
6
8
7
8
8
6
4
7
9
9
16
21
20
13
11
9
Mean observed period(s)
6Reported
8Reported
8Reported
8Reported
8Reported
7Reported
8Reported
7Reported
8Reported
8Reported
8Reported
10Reported
8Reported
7Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
5Reported
6Reported
8Reported
8Reported
7Reported
8Reported
9Reported
9Reported
8Reported
8Reported
8Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mean wind direction
WSWconcentration 97%
WNWconcentration 98%
WNWconcentration 96%
NWconcentration 88%
Nconcentration 98%
NWconcentration 88%
Nconcentration 98%
Wconcentration 84%
NNWconcentration 94%
Nconcentration 99%
Variableconcentration 7%
SSEconcentration 75%
Econcentration 99%
Econcentration 99%
Econcentration 97%
ENEconcentration 98%
Econcentration 98%
Econcentration 95%
ENEconcentration 98%
NEconcentration 98%
NEconcentration 98%
ENEconcentration 97%
NNEconcentration 75%
SWconcentration 98%
WSWconcentration 42%
SWconcentration 89%
SWconcentration 95%
Wconcentration 98%
WSWconcentration 95%
NWconcentration 92%
NNWconcentration 74%
Mean wind speed (mph)
24
29
26
24
26
23
25
20
31
16
5
5
15
20
17
17
19
20
22
23
20
11
10
19
15
30
33
28
21
14
12
Mean water temperature(°C)
11.8
11.8
11.8
11.9
11.8
11.8
11.7
11.7
11.7
11.6
11.7
11.8
11.8
11.8
11.7
11.7
11.6
11.7
11.7
11.6
11.6
11.6
11.6
11.5
11.6
11.6
11.6
11.6
11.5
11.5
11.5
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