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Cormorant AWS wave buoy observations on Wed, Mar 18, 2020

Hourly readings from the Cormorant AWS wave buoy for Wed, Mar 18, 2020, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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24 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 16.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 13.2–18.3 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 8.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 8–9.8 seconds). Typical wind was 22.4 mph (10th–90th percentile 13.5–30 mph). 2 of 96 checked values (2.1%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Cormorant AWS. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

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; hours run left to right. Times use your device time zone.
Cormorant AWS wave buoy hourly observations Wed, Mar 18, 2020Last observation shown
Metric
Wave height (ft)17191817181819161717171716171515141414QC rejected13131313
Observed period(s)9Reported10Reported10Reported10Reported9Reported9Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported9Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported8ReportedQC rejected8Reported8Reported9Reported9Reported
Wave power(kW/m)------------------------
Wind directionWWWSWWSWWWWWWWSWWWWWWWWSWWWWSWWSWWSWWSWSW
Wind speed (mph)1721232232302631293029282823242222211717151397
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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