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Nymindegab wave buoy daily means for Oct 2017

Daily means from the Nymindegab wave buoy for Oct 2017, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,384 wave-buoy observations covered 30 of 31 days (97%). Typical wave height was 5 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.5–10.8 ft), while mean average wave period was 5.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.8–6.5 seconds). All 4,142 checked values passed quality control. Across 6 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 4.2 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 4.5 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

5ft
Mean: 5.9 ft
P10–P90: 2.5 — 10.8 ft
Recorded extremes

1.4 — 20.3 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

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

2.9 — 9secs

Typical Observed Wind

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

Available for 0 of 699 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 699 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 8,556 observations across 6 years.

Wave Height
5.9ft
1.7ft above mean
Historical mean 4.199ft
Wave Period
5.1s
0.6s above mean
Historical mean 4.5s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data

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 Oct 2017Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)48101091065334-554385233434678121464
Mean average wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean maximum wave height (ft)71417171617118568-98651494567661012142125116
Mean average period (s)46666655445-5554554345545567754
Mean zero-crossing period (s)45666655445-5544553344545566754
Mean maximum wave period (s)-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionWSWconcentration 64%WSWconcentration 96%WNWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 99%NWconcentration 99%NWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 93%WNWconcentration 99%NWconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 85%Wconcentration 100%-Wconcentration 95%Wconcentration 93%WSWconcentration 89%Wconcentration 88%WSWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 98%Variableconcentration 27%Sconcentration 87%SWconcentration 96%WSWconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 91%SWconcentration 82%WSWconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 99%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 93%

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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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