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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Tue, Feb 27, 2018

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Tue, Feb 27, 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 3.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.9–4.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 10.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5–14.7 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 3.1 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2.5–5.8 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 7 of 144 checked values (4.9%) were excluded by quality control.

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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Cap Ferret. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

About Cap Ferret wave buoy

Cap Ferret is a long-running CANDHIS directional buoy off the Aquitaine coast, operated within France's national in-situ sea-state observatory. It provides an offshore reference for the energetic Bay of Biscay swell approaching the Arcachon inlet and the long, sandy and erosion-prone Landes coastline.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread and sea temperature.

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Cap Ferret wave buoy hourly observations Tue, Feb 27, 2018Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)555545554544444444444433333333333333333334334333
Maximum wave height (ft)666766676666666676557655554554554443444555655555
Peak period (s)6-6-6566666-15-1515151515-15-14-15141515141514151514141414141414144554555
Average period (s)655655555556655555555555555555555656565554545444
Mean period Tm02 (s)544444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444
Peak wave directionNWNWNWNWNNNNNNNWNWWNWNWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWWNWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWNNENNNNNN
Directional spread (°)13.632.514.328.814.113.616.612.414.312.212.129.227.014.531.133.026.026.930.014.928.412.924.015.927.932.632.031.524.029.525.430.526.822.128.725.527.424.029.932.933.917.915.816.416.416.315.117.4
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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