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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Thu, Jan 28, 2021

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 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 6.8–8.8 ft), while mean peak wave period was 15.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 13.3–17.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 31.1 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 24.6–38.9 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 Thu, Jan 28, 2021Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)676777677687878788767787887778889899899999999989
Maximum wave height (ft)9101110101291012111310111011111212111010101111111310141010111213111312121414141213141313151513
Peak period (s)191818181817171716171716161616161616151515151515151515151515151515141515141414141413131013131311
Average period (s)1012911101191110101212121013121212111011111111121211111212111212101111101111111111111011111110
Mean period Tm02 (s)776877677787778888778788887888889888889999988888
Peak wave directionWWWWNWWWWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWNWWNWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)13.510.914.211.111.613.216.015.013.714.311.612.911.511.611.113.111.912.614.516.714.115.813.113.912.811.813.416.413.013.113.211.811.819.614.614.415.915.612.813.313.414.512.914.814.915.615.316.3
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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