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Belle-Île wave buoy observations on Thu, Aug 1, 2019

Hourly readings from the Belle-Île wave buoy for Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 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 2.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.6–3.3 ft), while mean peak wave period was 8.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7–9.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 2.6 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2.1–3.6 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, Aug 1, 2019Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)333333333333333333333333333333333333333333343333
Maximum wave height (ft)455554444544444444445545554455544455555555565556
Peak period (s)77777777671091099999999999888888888898898998888889
Average period (s)666766666777777778788788887888888888888888888777
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)38.534.538.743.036.537.243.938.535.140.231.439.133.440.037.537.138.635.635.837.235.239.335.331.529.337.237.031.233.129.730.633.438.733.930.029.030.528.325.625.329.726.723.025.527.626.628.125.6
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