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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Tue, Oct 8, 2019

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 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 7.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 5.7–8.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 12.5–15.8 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 29.7 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 17.2–43.7 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.

Metrics are rows; hours run left to right. Times use your device time zone.
Cap Ferret wave buoy hourly observations Tue, Oct 8, 2019Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)5566557656677677798998888108989899987887788878877
Maximum wave height (ft)810898910999911101210101113141314131112121513121516141313151312141214121411111111111212
Peak period (s)131312131313131313131312121212121616161616161615151515151415151514151514141413141313131313131313
Average period (s)111112121212121212121213131212131314131414121413141414141313131313131212121212121212121112121111
Mean period Tm02 (s)991010109109999109999910101010910101011111110111010101098888888888888
Peak wave directionWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)21.621.120.920.522.123.021.223.023.923.022.121.622.921.522.222.015.916.516.717.217.317.918.518.917.419.119.018.920.019.119.919.419.420.120.320.821.120.421.722.421.620.720.421.422.024.122.922.6
Water temperature(°C)------------------------------------------------

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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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