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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Tue, Sep 14, 2021

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Tue, Sep 14, 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 2.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.2–2.7 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–18 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 2.8 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2.4–3.6 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 3 of 144 checked values (2.1%) were excluded by 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, Sep 14, 2021Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)333332223333222322223232222222222222222222322233
Maximum wave height (ft)544443444444434443334543444334433434444343444344
Peak period (s)5555-51212512191812181213-131212121218181818-181712171212171516171416151414161616161616
Average period (s)6667778767987767789910101111121211121111101010101012121212121212131313121313
Mean period Tm02 (s)555555555566555555566677777777666667778787898899
Peak wave directionSSWSSWSSWSWSSWWWSWNWWWWNWWWWWNWWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)25.325.025.432.621.822.822.723.122.420.342.651.725.251.228.927.641.829.429.622.124.823.031.328.432.821.118.637.839.621.141.517.921.739.825.817.516.414.413.917.113.818.720.122.620.626.220.323.2
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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