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Nymindegab wave buoy daily means for Aug 2009

Daily means from the Nymindegab wave buoy for Aug 2009, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,463 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–6.5 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3–5.3 seconds). All 4,385 checked values passed quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.7ft
Mean: 3.3 ft
P10–P90: 1 — 6.5 ft
Recorded extremes

0.6 — 9.8 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.1secs
P10–P90: 3 — 5.3secs
Recorded extremes

2.4 — 6.6secs

Typical Observed Wind

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Mean: - mph
P10–P90: - — - mph

Available for 0 of 733 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

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P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 733 hourly samples

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Nymindegab. 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 Nymindegab wave buoy

Nymindegab is a Danish Coastal Authority directional buoy in the North Sea off the southern part of Jutland's exposed west coast. The station supports long-term understanding and management of the sandy barrier coast around the southern end of Ringkøbing Fjord and the Lodbjerg–Nymindegab protection area.

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

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Nymindegab wave buoy daily means Aug 2009Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)3121111121447446642234322345875
Mean maximum wave height (ft)5342222332681278111074457543571014129
Mean average period (s)4344333343445445554344433445655
Mean zero-crossing period (s)4343333333445445543344433344655
Mean peak wave directionWconcentration 70%Sconcentration 64%Wconcentration 99%Wconcentration 100%WSWconcentration 99%Sconcentration 77%SSEconcentration 86%SSWconcentration 64%NWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 87%Wconcentration 94%NWconcentration 96%NWconcentration 98%NWconcentration 100%SWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 95%Wconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 97%SWconcentration 60%SSWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 91%Wconcentration 100%Wconcentration 97%Sconcentration 87%SSWconcentration 87%WSWconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 100%Wconcentration 94%

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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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