Folkestone wave buoy daily averages for Jun 2024
Daily averages from the Folkestone wave buoy for Jun 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
AI-generated summary. Hog SaysFolkestone wave buoy observations for June 2024 covered 31 observed days and totalled 1,414 observations, against 30 calendar days; the period was not partial. Average wave height was 1.4 ft and period 3.3 seconds, while water temperature averaged 15.6°C; wind figures were unavailable.
Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.
Average Wave Height
Average Wave period
Average Wave Direction
Average Water temperature
Compared With Previous Junes
Historical baseline from 7,804 observations across 10 years.
- Wave Height
- 1.4ft
- 0.1ft above average
- Historical average 1.3ft
- Wave Period
- 3.3s
- 0.9s below average
- Historical average 4.2s
- Water Temperature
- 15.6°C
- 0.1°C above average
- Historical average 15.5°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 Sat, Jun 1, 2024
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.