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Fjaltring wave buoy daily means for Dec 2018

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

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

881 wave-buoy observations covered 19 of 31 days (61%). Typical wave height was 4.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.4–10.7 ft), while mean average wave period was 5.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.8–6.5 seconds). All 2,641 checked values passed quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 5.7 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5.3 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

4.1ft
Mean: 4.9 ft
P10–P90: 1.4 — 10.7 ft
Recorded extremes

1 — 14.3 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.1secs
P10–P90: 3.8 — 6.5secs
Recorded extremes

3.1 — 7.5secs

Typical Observed Wind

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Mean: - mph
P10–P90: - — - mph

Available for 0 of 441 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 441 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 9,789 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
4.9ft
0.8ft below mean
Historical mean 5.741ft
Wave Period
5.1s
0.2s below mean
Historical mean 5.3s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data

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 Dec 2018Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)646QC rejected44510912511224235------------
Mean average wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean maximum wave height (ft)1071017768171619822347458------------
Mean average period (s)6556555667554445545------------
Mean zero-crossing period (s)6556555666553445445------------
Mean maximum wave period (s)-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 97%WSWconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 98%Wconcentration 89%SWconcentration 100%WSWconcentration 100%WSWconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 96%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 96%NWconcentration 99%NWconcentration 96%Wconcentration 50%SWconcentration 98%Wconcentration 87%SWconcentration 94%SWconcentration 100%------------

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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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