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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Sun, Jul 21, 2024

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 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 9.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 6.8–10.9 ft), while mean peak wave period was 8.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.8–9.4 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 27.5 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 12.9–42.2 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 1 of 144 checked values (0.7%) 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 Sun, Jul 21, 2024Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)4456678889910999101010810101011101111121211111010101099999998988877
Maximum wave height (ft)67991011121214141717141514151617131615161517191719201517161320131413131313161313131310111111
Peak period (s)-455566777788888888889898999999910910910108910910109999
Average period (s)555556666777787887788888888889888888888888888888
Mean period Tm02 (s)444455555666666666666666677767667666666666666666
Peak wave directionNWWWWWWWNWWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)27.925.318.519.322.620.518.620.523.620.121.520.322.319.923.320.619.922.826.521.020.121.121.422.722.424.621.921.521.318.516.921.616.017.217.617.618.418.422.316.917.318.319.519.622.720.019.220.7
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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