Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Thu, May 18, 2023
Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Thu, May 18, 2023, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 3.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 3–4.2 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5–9.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 3 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2.4–4 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 144 checked values passed quality control.
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for Thu, May 18, 2023
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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| Significant wave height (ft) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Maximum wave height (ft) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Peak period (s) | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Average period (s) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mean period Tm02 (s) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Peak wave direction | NNW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | WNW | NW | NW | NNW | NW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NNW | NW | NNW |
| Directional spread (°) | 19.1 | 15.7 | 19.5 | 17.2 | 22.6 | 22.8 | 26.9 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 25.7 | 22.6 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 24.8 | 19.5 | 18.3 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 14.7 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 14.4 | 17.2 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 13.5 |
| Water temperature(°C) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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