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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Wed, Mar 7, 2018

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Wed, Mar 7, 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 10.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 8.1–12.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 9.1–10.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 43.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 25.1–58.2 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 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.

Metrics are rows; hours run left to right. Times use your device time zone.
Cap Ferret wave buoy hourly observations Wed, Mar 7, 2018Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)101010121111121311131212121212131213131313111112111011111111101010999998887988888
Maximum wave height (ft)151415181818172116201721222122192119182120181922171617151716161815121412131512141511141414121312
Peak period (s)91099109999999999109991091010101091091010101010101010101110101010101010101110
Average period (s)988988888898888898999999999999999898999988999899
Mean period Tm02 (s)776766776777777777777777777777777777777777777777
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)21.925.825.721.323.325.821.622.327.019.425.125.726.823.230.822.723.724.723.525.620.127.023.420.724.028.921.222.422.922.022.422.023.222.923.320.721.418.419.423.322.322.116.718.021.421.417.522.1
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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