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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Sat, Feb 27, 2021

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Sat, Feb 27, 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 5.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.6–7.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 11.4–16.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 10.9 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 8.7–33.5 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 Sat, Feb 27, 2021Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)655545555555555555555445455555566767888778787877
Maximum wave height (ft)988787988778777888979678688787788101113121410101111121110141114
Peak period (s)121212121211121212111212111211121212121111111111111111171716161616161616161615151515151515151515
Average period (s)1110101191010910999899988899898888898991011910131212121313131413131311
Mean period Tm02 (s)766666666555556655666666666666666767777778888877
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWW
Directional spread (°)14.420.018.517.324.020.816.921.620.425.019.516.123.518.519.322.923.223.918.621.018.718.619.620.523.919.721.219.818.519.318.317.617.813.416.115.313.514.214.917.215.816.718.418.416.616.718.416.6
Water temperature(°C)------------------------------------------------

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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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