Folkestone wave buoy daily averages for Apr 2018
Daily averages from the Folkestone wave buoy for Apr 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
AI-generated summary. Hog SaysFolkestone recorded 717 wave-buoy observations across 31 observed days in April 2018, with average wave height of 1.5 ft and period of 7.3 seconds. Wave heights ranged from 0.4 to 4.1 ft, periods from 2 to 22 seconds, and water temperature averaged 9.3°C, ranging from 7.2 to 12.4°C. Wind observations were unavailable; across four same-month historical years, average wave height was 1.3 ft, period 5.4 seconds and water temperature 10.4°C.
Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.
Average Wave Height
Average Wave period
Available for 708 of 717 observations
Average Wave Direction
Average Water temperature
Compared With Previous Aprils
Historical baseline from 2,767 observations across 4 years.
- Wave Height
- 1.5ft
- 0.2ft above average
- Historical average 1.3ft
- Wave Period
- 7.3s
- 1.9s above average
- Historical average 5.4s
- Water Temperature
- 9.3°C
- 1.1°C below average
- Historical average 10.4°C
Chart showing grouped wave observations for Folkestone. 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.
Sorry, there is no wave data for Sun, Apr 1, 2018
About Folkestone wave buoy
Folkestone is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station in about 13 metres of water off the Kent coast. Deployed in July 2003, it measures waves approaching the eastern English Channel close to Folkestone and the Dover Strait. Observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power; a separate shore station supplies weather data.