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Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Wed, Apr 2, 2025

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Wed, Apr 2, 2025, 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 3.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.3–4.4 ft), while mean peak wave period was 10.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.3–12.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 4.4 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2.2–5.5 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 3 of 144 checked values (2.1%) 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 Wed, Apr 2, 2025Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)444444444445555444444444433333333322222222222233
Maximum wave height (ft)557566788767887666666555656565554444444354344544
Peak period (s)13121212-5-555-55512121212121212121112121212121212121112121212121212121211121212121212
Average period (s)666666565665556666677777877677778888109101011111096775
Mean period Tm02 (s)455454454544445555555555655555555555666677754444
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWNNWNWNNNWNWNNNWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWNWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWNWWNWWNWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNW
Directional spread (°)21.619.621.923.712.514.228.314.015.013.726.613.714.313.126.024.824.821.219.417.118.517.916.617.214.019.418.519.318.219.318.817.616.015.417.717.816.618.517.923.015.520.619.320.228.019.516.623.6
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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