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Belle-Île wave buoy observations on Fri, Jun 2, 2017

Hourly readings from the Belle-Île wave buoy for Fri, Jun 2, 2017, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 6.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.8–7.4 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 11.4–15.8 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 23.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 14.2–30.5 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 144 checked values passed quality control.

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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Belle-Île. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

About Belle-Île wave buoy

Belle-Île is a CANDHIS directional buoy south of Brittany, maintained through the Cerema-coordinated sea-state observatory and research partners. Its open Atlantic position represents conditions approaching Belle-Île and the sheltered-to-exposed transition along the Morbihan coast.

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

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Belle-Île wave buoy hourly observations Fri, Jun 2, 2017Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)545545456666677778778888777777777777777766666666
Maximum wave height (ft)68886768889101311910912111113121613111115101011101010121191011101011999910109
Peak period (s)161616161616161515151515151514141414141314141313131213121212111212121212121111111111111111121112
Average period (s)14121314131413141414141313131312131313121312121212121212111211111112121111111111111011101010910
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)30.530.126.727.222.430.540.034.329.628.231.426.829.128.928.231.426.323.825.528.122.522.826.924.726.824.625.524.426.623.723.026.925.022.825.328.233.724.029.524.128.633.325.524.030.528.734.327.4
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