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Belle-Île wave buoy observations on Wed, Nov 21, 2018

Hourly readings from the Belle-Île wave buoy for Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 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 7.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 6.5–8.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 14.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 14–15.3 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 30.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 26.2–36.2 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 Wed, Nov 21, 2018Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)887777766677856777787778899999899998888887878898
Maximum wave height (ft)1112111010121099911101089111491111912161312141414141113141312131212121311129121211171213
Peak period (s)161616161615151615151515151515151515151415151515151415151414141414141514151415141414151314141414
Average period (s)1616151515151515141414141514141414141414131413131111101199999999991091089891098
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)30.724.031.628.427.428.227.433.729.426.322.623.222.325.926.832.628.626.427.120.028.628.624.627.734.024.332.729.633.633.130.125.828.733.631.228.427.630.229.831.130.840.124.032.834.525.123.427.9
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