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Fjaltring wave buoy monthly means for 2016

Monthly means from the Fjaltring wave buoy for 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

16,895 wave-buoy observations covered 357 of 366 days (98%). Typical wave height was 3.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.3–7.6 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.5–5.9 seconds). 1 of 50,654 checked values (0%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

3.2ft
Mean: 3.9 ft
P10–P90: 1.3 — 7.6 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 22.8 ft

Available for 8,456 of 8,457 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.7secs
P10–P90: 3.5 — 5.9secs
Recorded extremes

2.4 — 11secs

Typical Observed Wind

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Mean: - mph
P10–P90: - — - mph

Available for 0 of 8,457 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 8,457 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 daily observations, use a linked month 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; months run left to right.
Fjaltring wave buoy monthly means 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)464433443356
Mean maximum wave height (ft)8977556755810
Mean average period (s)555544445455
Mean zero-crossing period (s)555444444455
Mean peak wave directionWconcentration 65%WNWconcentration 84%WNWconcentration 83%WNWconcentration 80%WNWconcentration 79%WNWconcentration 74%Wconcentration 82%Wconcentration 78%Wconcentration 84%NWconcentration 75%WNWconcentration 77%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.

Observation data source

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

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