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Belle-Île wave buoy observations on Sat, Nov 28, 2020

Hourly readings from the Belle-Île wave buoy for Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 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 5.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.5–5.7 ft), while mean peak wave period was 16.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 15.2–18.9 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 14.6 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 10.2–16.8 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 Sat, Nov 28, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)444555555554445555555655555666666666666566655555
Maximum wave height (ft)565679878876777988799977987899898999898899877789
Peak period (s)192019191919191919191918181718171817171616161616171616161616161516161516161615161515161515151615
Average period (s)777888881099898101191091010910910881089999111110101010101111111099109
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWWWWWWWNWWWWW
Directional spread (°)44.743.854.338.937.737.439.839.034.329.728.238.231.035.127.633.727.333.727.928.931.726.331.632.329.536.338.830.832.134.832.330.327.026.526.933.729.127.629.033.830.729.332.929.728.536.332.029.4
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