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Brittany wave buoy daily means for Aug 2018

Daily means from the Brittany wave buoy for Aug 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

730 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 5.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 3–8.2 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4–8 seconds). Typical wind was 12.1 mph (10th–90th percentile 5.8–18.3 mph). All 2,920 checked values passed quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 6.1 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6.1 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

5.6ft
Mean: 5.5 ft
P10–P90: 3 — 8.2 ft
Recorded extremes

1.3 — 13.8 ft

Mean Wave Period

6secs
P10–P90: 4 — 8secs
Recorded extremes

4 — 10secs

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 730 hourly samples

Typical Wind

WNW, 12.1mph
Mean: 12.1 mph
P10–P90: 5.8 — 18.3 mph
Recorded extremes

1.1 — 25.3 mph

Circular concentration: 45%

Compared With Previous Augusts

Historical baseline from 5,797 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
5.5ft
0.6ft below mean
Historical mean 6.1ft
Wave Period
6s
0.1s below mean
Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 18.2°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 Aug 2018Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)QC rejected533334766668546976632476577664
Mean observed period(s)8Reported7Reported5Reported4Reported4Reported5Reported5Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported6Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported8Reported7Reported7Reported8Reported7Reported6Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported7Reported8Reported6Reported7Reported5Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionSWconcentration 97%SEconcentration 57%NNEconcentration 96%NNEconcentration 96%ENEconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 96%NWconcentration 94%WNWconcentration 89%NWconcentration 90%WSWconcentration 96%SSWconcentration 99%Wconcentration 93%NWconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 72%WSWconcentration 95%NWconcentration 80%NWconcentration 95%WSWconcentration 96%WSWconcentration 96%WNWconcentration 89%SSWconcentration 36%WNWconcentration 60%NWconcentration 88%WNWconcentration 94%WNWconcentration 72%WSWconcentration 85%NNWconcentration 82%Variableconcentration 13%Nconcentration 59%ESEconcentration 31%WSWconcentration 84%
Mean wind speed (mph)13812131112149161521181899161211116451516151810612812
Mean water temperature(°C)-------------------------------

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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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