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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Fri, Jul 5, 2024

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Fri, Jul 5, 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 4.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.1–5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 9.3–10.5 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 7.5 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 6.2–9.5 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 Fri, Jul 5, 2024Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)555555554444444444444545555555444444444444455555
Maximum wave height (ft)889899677766776778768667767777767667767678899788
Peak period (s)1091099109910910910109101010101010101010101010910109109101010101110111010111111111111
Average period (s)88888888888888898989999999999999988888988999991010
Mean period Tm02 (s)767677676666666766677777888887766665656566666677
Peak wave directionNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWWNWWNWWNWNWWNWWNWNWWNWWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWWNWNWNWWNWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWNWNWWNWWNWNW
Directional spread (°)11.812.414.714.413.513.017.116.416.115.915.118.415.616.315.512.714.915.317.016.313.915.114.314.513.414.412.414.114.815.717.320.121.123.019.824.217.319.820.122.019.720.316.613.015.519.815.912.8
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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