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Cormorant AWS wave buoy daily means for May 2016

Daily means from the Cormorant AWS wave buoy for May 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

728 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 5.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.6–10.8 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 5.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5–7.5 seconds). Typical wind was 16.1 mph (10th–90th percentile 5.8–25.3 mph). 4 of 2,912 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 2 comparable years, mean wave height was the same as the same-month mean of 6.2 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

5.6ft
Mean: 6.2 ft
P10–P90: 2.6 — 10.8 ft
Recorded extremes

1.6 — 15.1 ft

Available for 726 of 728 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

5.9secs
P10–P90: 5 — 7.5secs
Recorded extremes

4 — 9secs

Available for 726 of 728 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 728 hourly samples

Typical Wind

Variable, 16.1mph
Mean: 16.2 mph
P10–P90: 5.8 — 25.3 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 36.9 mph

Circular concentration: 20%

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 1,484 observations across 2 years.

Wave Height
6.2ft
In line with the historical mean
Historical mean 6.2ft
Wave Period
5.9s
0.1s below mean
Historical mean 6s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Cormorant AWS. 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 Cormorant AWS wave buoy

Cormorant AWS (WMO 63112) is an automatic weather station on a privately operated oil platform in the northern North Sea. It is not a free-floating wave buoy. The station provides offshore meteorological observations for operations and forecasting; the parameters available through the international feed depend on the platform's installed sensors.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Cormorant AWS wave buoy daily means May 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)912101010855465411QC rejected74476666458732236
Mean observed period(s)6Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported6Reported7Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported6Reported6Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionSconcentration 95%SSWconcentration 91%SWconcentration 97%SSWconcentration 89%Sconcentration 99%SSWconcentration 97%Nconcentration 72%Econcentration 64%Sconcentration 96%NEconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 96%Nconcentration 96%Nconcentration 99%Nconcentration 100%NNWconcentration 79%Wconcentration 80%NNEconcentration 79%NEconcentration 90%NEconcentration 89%SSWconcentration 61%Sconcentration 91%Wconcentration 79%NNWconcentration 97%Nconcentration 97%NEconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 99%NEconcentration 98%NWconcentration 31%SSEconcentration 56%Nconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 98%
Mean wind speed (mph)23241825251491520211115212179716151621121119271810681823
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.

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.

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