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Fanø Bugt wave buoy daily means for May 2018

Daily means from the Fanø Bugt wave buoy for May 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,457 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.5–2.7 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 3.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.6–4.4 seconds). All 4,365 checked values passed quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.3 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 3.6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1ft
Mean: 1.3 ft
P10–P90: 0.5 — 2.7 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 6.7 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

3.4secs
P10–P90: 2.6 — 4.4secs
Recorded extremes

2.2 — 7.2secs

Typical Observed Wind

-, -mph
Mean: - mph
P10–P90: - — - mph

Available for 0 of 744 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 744 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 9,460 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
1.3ft
1ft below mean
Historical mean 2.329ft
Wave Period
3.4s
0.2s below mean
Historical mean 3.6s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Fanø Bugt. 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 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; days run left to right.
Fanø Bugt wave buoy daily means May 2018Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)3331111112211113QC rejected21111111111111
Mean maximum wave height (ft)6543111223312115732122222122122
Mean average period (s)4444454333432343444334533333333
Mean zero-crossing period (s)4444443333332343443333433333233
Mean peak wave directionSWconcentration 94%WSWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 99%Wconcentration 100%Wconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%Sconcentration 47%SSEconcentration 69%Variableconcentration 21%Wconcentration 95%Variableconcentration 18%ESEconcentration 97%Econcentration 38%Wconcentration 89%NWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 100%Wconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 75%SEconcentration 81%NWconcentration 35%WNWconcentration 100%ENEconcentration 36%Econcentration 55%Nconcentration 34%Variableconcentration 20%Variableconcentration 13%NEconcentration 67%Econcentration 51%ESEconcentration 38%

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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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