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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Wed, Nov 4, 2020

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Wed, Nov 4, 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 10 ft (10th–90th percentile 8.2–11.1 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 13–13.7 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 54.9 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 34–64.7 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 Wed, Nov 4, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)111210101111101011101110111111111110111112111110910101110101099999998999878788
Maximum wave height (ft)171616151817171316151813151515161416181817191615141516191414161414141513151713141413141412131312
Peak period (s)131213131313141313131413131314131413131414141413141413131313131313131313131313131314131414141414
Average period (s)121211111112121112121212121213121313121313131313131312121212121212121211111111111211101012101211
Mean period Tm02 (s)99888999999991010101091010101010101010101099988888787777777677
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWNWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)15.812.916.617.414.915.314.617.715.615.414.818.316.413.815.615.417.019.318.515.717.717.716.816.217.311.717.512.313.714.315.219.218.514.617.814.618.415.617.318.019.221.622.626.721.320.923.724.1
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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