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Belle-Île wave buoy observations on Thu, Mar 22, 2018

Hourly readings from the Belle-Île wave buoy for Thu, Mar 22, 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 4.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.4–4.9 ft), while mean peak wave period was 12.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 12.6–13.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 11.5 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 8.8–12.7 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 Thu, Mar 22, 2018Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)555555555545555545544555555544545444445444455555
Maximum wave height (ft)878677777787787777777887687778788878766987886978
Peak period (s)141213131313131313131313131313131313131413131313131413131313131313131312131313131312121312131212
Average period (s)1212121212121212121212121212131212121313121312131313121212121212111111101199989898878
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)33.137.530.137.232.737.432.030.630.130.937.233.236.734.128.626.831.028.727.230.030.430.430.939.330.829.929.433.337.634.438.130.933.332.531.734.535.135.436.829.437.833.532.930.432.730.534.934.5
Water temperature(°C)------------------------------------------------

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