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Fjaltring wave buoy daily means for Apr 1996

Daily means from the Fjaltring wave buoy for Apr 1996, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

244 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 1.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.8–3.4 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.2–5.1 seconds). All 723 checked values passed quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.4ft
Mean: 1.8 ft
P10–P90: 0.8 — 3.4 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 6.3 ft

Available for 240 of 243 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.2secs
P10–P90: 3.2 — 5.1secs
Recorded extremes

2.6 — 6.8secs

Typical Observed Wind

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

Available for 0 of 243 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 243 hourly samples

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Fjaltring. 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 Fjaltring wave buoy

Fjaltring is a Danish Coastal Authority directional buoy off the exposed central west coast of Jutland. The authority has maintained a continuous wave-measurement programme here since 1980, creating a key reference for Denmark's most erosion-prone coast and the long-running Lodbjerg–Nymindegab protection works.

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

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Fjaltring wave buoy daily means Apr 1996Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)211111111132211212421112342443
Mean average wave height (ft)------------------------------
Mean maximum wave height (ft)322222222254311323622124674674
Mean average period (s)444544444544333453554654454554
Mean zero-crossing period (s)444444443443333443444554453454
Mean maximum wave period (s)------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionNNWconcentration 96%NWconcentration 97%NWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 99%NWconcentration 93%NWconcentration 89%NNWconcentration 93%WSWconcentration 46%SWconcentration 86%NWconcentration 93%Nconcentration 100%Nconcentration 100%Nconcentration 100%NWconcentration 92%SWconcentration 88%Wconcentration 92%NWconcentration 100%WSWconcentration 65%WSWconcentration 100%WSWconcentration 92%WNWconcentration 81%NWconcentration 100%WSWconcentration 53%SWconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 90%WNWconcentration 96%NWconcentration 100%Wconcentration 83%

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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.

The observation data displayed on this page is from the Danish Coastal Authority wave-measurement network.

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

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