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Fanø Bugt wave buoy monthly means for 2012

Monthly means from the Fanø Bugt wave buoy for 2012, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

15,953 wave-buoy observations covered 342 of 366 days (93%). Typical wave height was 2.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–5.4 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 3.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.9–5 seconds). 3 of 47,000 checked values (0%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.6ft
Mean: 3 ft
P10–P90: 1 — 5.4 ft
Recorded extremes

0.3 — 15.6 ft

Available for 7,972 of 8,006 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

3.9secs
P10–P90: 2.9 — 5secs
Recorded extremes

2.1 — 11.2secs

Available for 8,005 of 8,006 hourly samples

Typical Observed Wind

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Mean: - mph
P10–P90: - — - mph

Available for 0 of 8,006 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 8,006 hourly samples

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Fanø Bugt. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. To open daily observations, use a linked month name in the table.

About Fanø Bugt wave buoy

Fanø Bugt is a Danish Coastal Authority directional buoy in the eastern North Sea southwest of Esbjerg. Its setting between the open sea, the island of Fanø and the approaches to the Wadden Sea represents conditions relevant to the harbour entrance, tidal inlets and the low-lying southwest Danish coast.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period and wave direction.

Metrics are rows; months run left to right.
Fanø Bugt wave buoy monthly means 2012Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)333223324443
Mean maximum wave height (ft)555445547666
Mean average period (s)444444444454
Mean zero-crossing period (s)344334434444
Mean peak wave directionSSEconcentration 38%Wconcentration 67%Wconcentration 73%WSWconcentration 53%WNWconcentration 56%Wconcentration 67%WSWconcentration 71%WSWconcentration 65%Wconcentration 86%WSWconcentration 69%WSWconcentration 83%SWconcentration 45%

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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.

Observation data source

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

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