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Anglet wave buoy daily means for Dec 2016

Daily means from the Anglet wave buoy for Dec 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,488 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 5 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.2–10.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 12.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 11.3–15.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 13.5 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 0.7–69.9 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 2 of 4,464 checked values (0%) were excluded by quality control. Across 5 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 7.6 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 11.6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

5ft
Mean: 5.5 ft
P10–P90: 1.2 — 10.6 ft
Recorded extremes

0.6 — 14.5 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

12.9secs
P10–P90: 11.3 — 15.1secs
Recorded extremes

2.2 — 18secs

Typical Wave Power

Approximately 13.49kW/m
Mean: 24.35kW/m
P10–P90: 0.67 — 69.85kW/m
Recorded extremes

0.13 — 147.79kW/m

Calculated from significant wave height and energy period.

Typical Observed Wind

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

Available for 0 of 744 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 744 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 7,440 observations across 5 years.

Wave Height
5.5ft
2.1ft below mean
Historical mean 7.612ft
Wave Period
12.9s
1.3s above mean
Historical mean 11.6s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Anglet. 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 Anglet wave buoy

Anglet is a CANDHIS directional buoy on the French Basque coast, operated within the national sea-state observatory coordinated by Cerema. It records the highly exposed southern Bay of Biscay setting off Anglet's beaches, close to the Adour estuary and the approaches to Bayonne.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread and sea temperature.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Anglet wave buoy daily means Dec 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)222111144565557101164881111910874444
Mean maximum wave height (ft)3321222768108781015179612121618141512117676
Mean peak period (s)12121210121110111114131112131315151312161415151414131413131313
Mean average period (s)11119511109111113121112121214141211141314141313121313131312
Mean peak wave directionNWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 68%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 100%NWconcentration 100%
Mean directional spread (°)25.324.930.042.031.025.929.219.421.218.319.721.420.721.320.017.817.821.021.418.117.717.117.619.119.119.519.521.720.521.521.9
Mean water temperature(°C)-------------------------------

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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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