Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Tue, Feb 20, 2024

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Tue, Feb 20, 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 23:30

Oldest observation available Tue, Aug 28, 2001

Daily means for Feb 2024

Period Summary

Hog Says

48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 8.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 7.4–9 ft), while mean peak wave period was 14.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 14.1–15.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 42 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 33–52.4 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 144 checked values passed quality control.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

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.

Cap Ferret wave buoy hourly observations Tue, Feb 20, 2024Last observation shown Tue, Feb 20, 2024
Metric	Tue 00:00	Tue 00:30	Tue 01:00	Tue 01:30	Tue 02:00	Tue 02:30	Tue 03:00	Tue 03:30	Tue 04:00	Tue 04:30	Tue 05:00	Tue 05:30	Tue 06:00	Tue 06:30	Tue 07:00	Tue 07:30	Tue 08:00	Tue 08:30	Tue 09:00	Tue 09:30	Tue 10:00	Tue 10:30	Tue 11:00	Tue 11:30	Tue 12:00	Tue 12:30	Tue 13:00	Tue 13:30	Tue 14:00	Tue 14:30	Tue 15:00	Tue 15:30	Tue 16:00	Tue 16:30	Tue 17:00	Tue 17:30	Tue 18:00	Tue 18:30	Tue 19:00	Tue 19:30	Tue 20:00	Tue 20:30	Tue 21:00	Tue 21:30	Tue 22:00	Tue 22:30	Tue 23:00	Tue 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	8	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	8
Maximum wave height (ft)	15	13	13	11	12	13	11	13	11	12	14	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	13	14	14	15	16	14	13	15	15	12	13	11	14	14	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	15	11	13
Peak period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14
Average period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Mean period Tm02 (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Peak wave direction	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW
Directional spread (°)	11.8	13.3	13.1	14.3	13.5	12.5	12.2	14.0	14.0	15.3	11.3	12.6	14.1	16.3	14.6	15.5	17.0	15.3	18.2	15.1	13.3	12.7	14.4	14.2	11.8	16.6	12.2	13.6	14.6	12.4	12.9	13.9	14.1	16.3	12.7	13.7	12.5	12.9	14.4	10.7	14.2	14.2	12.0	15.2	13.5	13.3	15.1	15.3
Water temperature(°C)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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