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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Tue, Feb 23, 2021

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Tue, Feb 23, 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 4.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 4–8 ft), while mean peak wave period was 12.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 11.4–12.9 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 11 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 7.1–32.8 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 Tue, Feb 23, 2021Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)898988887877676666566555444444444444444444444445
Maximum wave height (ft)13131113131314131212111291091012109109997766677765767666687666778
Peak period (s)121313131313131313131313131313131313131213131313121312121212121213121112111212111112111211111111
Average period (s)111211121213111211121212111212111111111191111111011111111111110111110109999999999911
Mean period Tm02 (s)899999998998888877777676677888877766666666666666
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWW
Directional spread (°)18.716.716.316.719.115.920.716.916.713.913.715.417.517.415.817.018.117.118.818.318.619.914.718.819.718.219.518.416.918.919.120.917.719.022.220.524.123.620.117.419.616.717.915.220.915.317.913.5
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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