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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Mon, Oct 5, 2020

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Mon, Oct 5, 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 12.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 11.9–14.1 ft), while mean peak wave period was 11.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 10.3–11.9 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 68.8 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 61–85.3 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 Mon, Oct 5, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)141313131414131313141412121312131212121212121212121213121414141414151314121413121212121211101010
Maximum wave height (ft)242020222121201924192219212020162019211918181718191820192424192320202322182122171821172117151516
Peak period (s)101010101111101111101111111111111112121212121112121111121210121112111211111112101111121212111212
Average period (s)9999999109910910910910101010101099101010101010101010101010910109101010101091010
Mean period Tm02 (s)777788777777777777778777777788888887788777787777
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWNWWNWNWWNWNWNWNWNWNWWNWWNWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWNW
Directional spread (°)18.819.920.220.116.017.519.819.118.416.616.719.517.016.919.417.120.316.816.917.017.117.418.017.217.217.518.715.216.122.016.016.517.215.017.417.015.612.813.720.413.112.814.412.814.216.115.615.7
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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