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Cleveleys wave buoy daily means for Mar 2021

Daily means from the Cleveleys wave buoy for Mar 2021, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown none

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

No wave-buoy observations were recorded for this period, so no wave statistics are available.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

-ft
Mean: - ft
P10–P90: - — - ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

-secs
P10–P90: - — -secs

Observed Wave Direction

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Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Compared With Previous Marchs

Historical baseline from 1,478 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height
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Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 3.281ft
Wave Period
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Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 4.8s
Water Temperature
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Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 6.9°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Cleveleys. 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 Cleveleys wave buoy

Cleveleys is a National Network Datawell Directional WaveRider in about 10 metres of water off the Fylde coast. First deployed in June 2011, it records the eastern Irish Sea wave climate approaching Cleveleys and Blackpool and supports management of their heavily defended, low-lying frontage.

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.
Cleveleys wave buoy daily means Mar 2021Last observation shown unknown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean maximum wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)-------------------------------
Mean zero-crossing period (s)-------------------------------
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave direction-------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-------------------------------
Mean water temperature(°C)-------------------------------

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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.

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 Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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

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