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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Fri, Mar 9, 2018

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Fri, Mar 9, 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 4.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.9–4.8 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 8.3–11.3 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 5.9 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 5.3–7 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.

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Cap Ferret wave buoy hourly observations Fri, Mar 9, 2018Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)444444444444444444444444444444444444444455556566
Maximum wave height (ft)6878877686766575586666676676677767677787767810798
Peak period (s)88899888898989989999991099999139101313109913131091281255666
Average period (s)888888888888888888877777767677777777878766656666
Mean period Tm02 (s)666666655565555555555555555555555555555554555555
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWSSWSSWSSWSSWSSW
Directional spread (°)21.920.220.518.721.420.122.021.623.018.319.922.523.022.623.222.522.422.026.921.923.022.824.924.025.822.624.326.027.321.022.119.620.820.222.122.719.623.118.822.120.929.326.424.724.026.021.925.4
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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