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Dawlish wave buoy daily means for Jul 2022

Daily means from the Dawlish wave buoy for Jul 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

780 wave-buoy observations covered 17 of 31 days (55%). Typical wave height was 0.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.5–1.8 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.3–8.1 seconds). Mean water temperature was 17.2°C (10th–90th percentile 15.2–18.6°C). 5 of 3,080 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 11 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 1.1 ft and mean wave period was the same as the same-month mean of 4.8 seconds.

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Typical Significant Wave Height

0.8ft
Mean: 1 ft
P10–P90: 0.51.8 ft
Recorded extremes

0.32.8 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.8secs
P10–P90: 2.3 — 8.1secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 15.4secs

Observed Wave Direction

SSE

Circular concentration: 74%

Mean Water Temperature

17.2°C
P10–P90: 15.2 — 18.6°C
Recorded extremes

14.8 — 19.6°C

Compared With Previous Julys

Historical baseline from 16,339 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height
1ft
0.1ft below mean
Historical mean 1.115ft
Wave Period
4.8s
In line with the historical mean
Historical mean 4.8s
Water Temperature
17.2°C
0.3°C above mean
Historical mean 16.9°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Dawlish. 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 Dawlish wave buoy

Dawlish is a Channel Coastal Observatory National Network wave station in the western part of Lyme Bay off south Devon. It provides nearshore context for waves reaching the Dawlish and Teignmouth frontage, including the exposed coastal railway and beaches backed by cliffs and urban development.

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.
Dawlish wave buoy daily means Jul 2022Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)12110--------------111221111111
Mean maximum wave height (ft)22111--------------111232112112
Mean peak period (s)44464--------------266446755454
Mean zero-crossing period (s)33343--------------233333433333
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionSconcentration 99%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 71%SSEconcentration 90%SSEconcentration 60%--------------NNWconcentration 69%Sconcentration 32%SEconcentration 84%SSEconcentration 89%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 92%Sconcentration 81%SSEconcentration 77%ESEconcentration 76%SEconcentration 91%Sconcentration 91%Sconcentration 98%
Mean directional spread (°)24.323.930.233.131.3--------------20.629.427.720.819.924.829.134.622.325.430.025.1
Mean water temperature(°C)15.215.215.415.415.5--------------18.618.218.418.317.717.217.417.317.718.618.618.3

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

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