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Chesil wave buoy daily means for Jun 2014

Daily means from the Chesil wave buoy for Jun 2014, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,440 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 1.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.5–3.5 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.9–10.8 seconds). Mean water temperature was 15°C (10th–90th percentile 13.6–16.2°C). 18 of 5,687 checked values (0.3%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.7 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.3ft
Mean: 1.7 ft
P10–P90: 0.53.5 ft
Recorded extremes

0.35.7 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.2secs
P10–P90: 3.9 — 10.8secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 18.2secs

Available for 715 of 720 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

SW

Circular concentration: 89%

Mean Water Temperature

15°C
P10–P90: 13.6 — 16.2°C
Recorded extremes

13.2 — 17.9°C

Available for 717 of 720 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Junes

Historical baseline from 5,744 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
1.7ft
1ft below mean
Historical mean 2.657ft
Wave Period
7.2s
0.4s below mean
Historical mean 7.6s
Water Temperature
15°C
1.4°C above mean
Historical mean 13.6°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Chesil. 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 Chesil wave buoy

Chesil is a Channel Coastal Observatory National Network wave station off Dorset's exposed Jurassic Coast. It records waves approaching Chesil Beach and the western side of Portland, providing a nearshore reference for the long shingle barrier and the communities and infrastructure behind it.

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

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Chesil wave buoy daily means Jun 2014Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)122332343431111111111011123321
Mean maximum wave height (ft)223553465542122111111111124422
Mean peak period (s)8758699109887710101096645885655767
Mean zero-crossing period (s)334444666555456554333444433444
Mean energy period (s)------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionSWconcentration 94%SWconcentration 96%SWconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 95%SWconcentration 100%SSWconcentration 90%SWconcentration 100%SWconcentration 100%SWconcentration 100%SWconcentration 100%SWconcentration 100%SWconcentration 98%SWconcentration 99%SWconcentration 92%SWconcentration 99%SWconcentration 86%SSWconcentration 88%Sconcentration 92%Sconcentration 86%SSEconcentration 99%Sconcentration 95%Sconcentration 87%Sconcentration 92%WSWconcentration 96%Sconcentration 90%SSEconcentration 98%SWconcentration 98%SWconcentration 100%SWconcentration 90%SSWconcentration 97%
Mean directional spread (°)48.944.734.832.031.849.142.132.135.834.333.444.650.558.655.458.152.635.540.328.738.751.348.245.637.327.130.232.540.345.6
Mean water temperature(°C)13.513.513.613.513.713.614.415.015.014.915.115.215.114.814.814.714.815.015.315.315.715.916.416.515.815.715.816.115.916.1

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

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