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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Fri, Oct 8, 2021

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Fri, Oct 8, 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 6.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.7–7.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 15 seconds (10th–90th percentile 14.1–15.8 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 25.5 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 13.4–34.4 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.

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Cap Ferret wave buoy hourly observations Fri, Oct 8, 2021Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)544455455556566666666666666777786668878788888777
Maximum wave height (ft)886699667810810910991112981191081110131110111210111012121111101212171311101210
Peak period (s)161515151515151515151515151516161717161616161516161615151515151515151514151514151415141414141314
Average period (s)121010101314121414131315141415151514151615151515151515151515151514141313141314141414131313131313
Mean period Tm02 (s)766678788888899899998899910101110109108888991010101010109998
Peak wave directionWWWWNWWWWNWWNWWWWNWWWNWWNWWWWNWWNWWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWNWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWW
Directional spread (°)15.722.718.618.514.113.818.216.914.816.119.417.620.118.917.618.414.915.516.617.217.217.816.617.316.014.116.313.513.313.912.314.716.417.617.115.317.417.015.416.716.016.917.819.618.520.321.521.2
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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