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Belle-Île wave buoy observations on Wed, Sep 30, 2020

Hourly readings from the Belle-Île wave buoy for Wed, Sep 30, 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 5.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.1–10.3 ft), while mean peak wave period was 8.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.6–10.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 7.8 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 5.9–40.9 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.

Metrics are rows; hours run left to right. Times use your device time zone.
Belle-Île wave buoy hourly observations Wed, Sep 30, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)45444444444444444455555556666667777788891010101111111010
Maximum wave height (ft)7767675766767766667777889910910109119121111131114131519182218171716
Peak period (s)10101010111010101011991091010101010101010105105555555666667778981110101010
Average period (s)999999898878778777776766666666666666677788889999
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWNWWSWWNWSWSWSWSWSWSWSWSWWSWWSWWSWWSWWSWWSWWWSWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWW
Directional spread (°)29.225.431.525.231.231.932.732.929.631.135.034.530.534.726.331.235.431.428.728.630.427.531.527.634.637.931.135.934.038.539.837.238.635.036.733.132.628.933.928.136.228.423.223.324.523.224.523.1
Water temperature(°C)------------------------------------------------

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