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Nymindegab wave buoy daily means for Dec 2021

Daily means from the Nymindegab wave buoy for Dec 2021, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,376 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 3.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.1–5.8 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.7–5.9 seconds). 3 of 4,080 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 5.2 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

3.4ft
Mean: 3.8 ft
P10–P90: 2.1 — 5.8 ft
Recorded extremes

1.5 — 13 ft

Available for 693 of 696 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.8secs
P10–P90: 3.7 — 5.9secs
Recorded extremes

3.3 — 13.3secs

Available for 693 of 696 hourly samples

Typical Observed Wind

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Mean: - mph
P10–P90: - — - mph

Available for 0 of 696 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 696 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 13,791 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
3.8ft
1.4ft below mean
Historical mean 5.217ft
Wave Period
4.8s
0.2s below mean
Historical mean 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 Dec 2021Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)7674434543343453358322333233244
Mean average wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean maximum wave height (ft)12111177578655756966913434655465477
Mean average period (s)5555444444655576557544444434456
Mean zero-crossing period (s)5554444444555555556544444434445
Mean maximum wave period (s)-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionWconcentration 47%NWconcentration 96%WNWconcentration 94%WNWconcentration 84%Nconcentration 94%WSWconcentration 41%SWconcentration 95%SSWconcentration 79%WSWconcentration 99%SWconcentration 99%NWconcentration 96%Wconcentration 79%WNWconcentration 85%Wconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 98%NWconcentration 99%NNWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 97%WSWconcentration 98%NWconcentration 73%NNWconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 53%SSEconcentration 89%SSWconcentration 81%Wconcentration 58%WSWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 99%

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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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