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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Wed, Oct 25, 2023

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Wed, Oct 25, 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 11.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 8.9–12.2 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 8.2–10 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 44.1 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 26.8–56.8 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 Wed, Oct 25, 2023Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)8889891010101212111111111211111212131213131213131212121212121111101011101011910101010109
Maximum wave height (ft)131215141314171615191716181616161719211918181921201921181720191916172117151717141514161716141514
Peak period (s)7787799101010101099999999989109910101091010101010101010101010101010109109
Average period (s)777778888888888888888898999999999999999888888888
Mean period Tm02 (s)666666666666766666777777777777777777776676666666
Peak wave directionWSWWSWWWSWWSWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWNWWWWWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)37.134.137.428.131.516.415.113.817.516.918.417.017.817.418.718.320.219.618.019.017.321.116.716.419.221.517.422.919.321.620.917.419.117.717.319.817.417.717.817.314.518.215.317.617.216.715.515.0
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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