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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Fri, Dec 3, 2021

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Fri, Dec 3, 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 6.9–8.9 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7.2–11 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 21.1 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 16.1–29.2 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, Dec 3, 2021Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)81099899888887777878777777777776677778888888989910
Maximum wave height (ft)131712151112131313111212121413131612121410111191211111110109129101010111212131214131514151315
Peak period (s)101211111111111111119119111011111011119111111111011109101081010118777777778888
Average period (s)81099991099999999999998898988888887777777777777777
Mean period Tm02 (s)677777877778777776666666666666666566666666666666
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWNWWNWWNWWNWNWWNWWNWWNWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWNWWNWNWNWWNWNWNWNWNWWNWWWNWWNWWWWNWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)22.716.320.117.818.817.115.117.116.519.118.415.120.416.521.618.819.122.318.821.121.518.017.121.119.220.322.023.919.119.921.822.823.524.226.034.625.335.233.733.930.729.831.529.930.027.428.825.5
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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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