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Cormorant AWS wave buoy daily means for Dec 2017

Daily means from the Cormorant AWS wave buoy for Dec 2017, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

741 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 10.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 6.9–18.7 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 7.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–9 seconds). Typical wind was 20.8 mph (10th–90th percentile 6.9–34.4 mph). 4 of 2,964 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 14.3 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.8 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

10.2ft
Mean: 11.7 ft
P10–P90: 6.9 — 18.7 ft
Recorded extremes

4.6 — 38.4 ft

Available for 739 of 741 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

7.5secs
P10–P90: 6 — 9secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 12secs

Available for 739 of 741 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 741 hourly samples

Typical Wind

WNW, 20.8mph
Mean: 21 mph
P10–P90: 6.9 — 34.4 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 64.4 mph

Circular concentration: 46%

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 2,959 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
11.7ft
2.6ft below mean
Historical mean 14.3ft
Wave Period
7.5s
0.3s below mean
Historical mean 7.8s
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 Dec 2017Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)68149101018322414869121199101091111111091319149910
Mean observed period(s)6Reported6Reported8Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported8Reported11Reported10Reported9Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported9Reported7Reported7Reported6Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported9Reported8Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionWNWconcentration 80%Wconcentration 96%NWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 68%Variableconcentration 27%SSWconcentration 46%WSWconcentration 63%NNWconcentration 98%NWconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 87%WNWconcentration 35%WNWconcentration 43%Sconcentration 79%Econcentration 64%Nconcentration 97%NNWconcentration 91%WSWconcentration 63%Wconcentration 84%WSWconcentration 99%Wconcentration 78%Wconcentration 98%Wconcentration 97%NWconcentration 67%Wconcentration 90%NWconcentration 70%NNEconcentration 93%Nconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 98%NWconcentration 80%SSEconcentration 71%SSEconcentration 72%
Mean wind speed (mph)132227151821344529118101616211526212520252819177313428151617
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.

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