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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Mon, Dec 28, 2020

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Mon, Dec 28, 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 23.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 21–24.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 12.6–14.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 291.4 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 226.3–332.4 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 Mon, Dec 28, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)212122202121222121222223252423242123252220222324222224242324232425232426242525242523252523232423
Maximum wave height (ft)313235292734373134293733314139353438403029393136313737333132343639393747343940333940383434353634
Peak period (s)131414121413141312131412131313121413141312131313131314131313111313131414131414131413141514161514
Average period (s)111112111211111111121211121212121212121211121212121212121111121212121212131312131312121313131213
Mean period Tm02 (s)9999999999999999991098999999999999910101010101010910109101010
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)19.919.619.419.518.721.417.220.619.821.319.020.419.115.316.618.214.113.823.117.120.618.216.815.221.021.619.520.820.922.721.316.117.317.717.014.718.116.716.820.816.620.217.416.216.915.314.714.3
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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