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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Mon, Jan 23, 2023

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 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 5.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.9–5.8 ft), while mean peak wave period was 12 seconds (10th–90th percentile 11.4–12.6 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 11.8 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 5.9–16 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 Mon, Jan 23, 2023Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)444444444445556566565666666655655555555555665555
Maximum wave height (ft)56667666786789979891110101091111981079798771099888898887
Peak period (s)111111111112121213121312121313131312131212121212121212121212121211121212121212121212121112121112
Average period (s)878878891091010101112111212101111111111111110111011119109109111191091011109998
Mean period Tm02 (s)555555556666678677777777777766666666766666766666
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)23.421.523.621.021.521.819.319.917.119.117.717.216.913.911.916.014.712.915.314.814.613.814.014.114.415.614.515.517.020.315.422.719.023.019.820.117.515.819.516.719.415.915.317.020.517.320.318.2
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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