Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Sat, Jan 17, 2026

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Sat, Jan 17, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 23:30

Oldest observation available Tue, Aug 28, 2001

Daily means for Jan 2026

Period Summary

Hog Says

48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 11 ft (10th–90th percentile 10.2–11.7 ft), while mean peak wave period was 14.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 14–15.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 71.3 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 57.7–82.1 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 Sat, Jan 17, 2026Last observation shown Sat, Jan 17, 2026
Metric	Sat 00:00	Sat 00:30	Sat 01:00	Sat 01:30	Sat 02:00	Sat 02:30	Sat 03:00	Sat 03:30	Sat 04:00	Sat 04:30	Sat 05:00	Sat 05:30	Sat 06:00	Sat 06:30	Sat 07:00	Sat 07:30	Sat 08:00	Sat 08:30	Sat 09:00	Sat 09:30	Sat 10:00	Sat 10:30	Sat 11:00	Sat 11:30	Sat 12:00	Sat 12:30	Sat 13:00	Sat 13:30	Sat 14:00	Sat 14:30	Sat 15:00	Sat 15:30	Sat 16:00	Sat 16:30	Sat 17:00	Sat 17:30	Sat 18:00	Sat 18:30	Sat 19:00	Sat 19:30	Sat 20:00	Sat 20:30	Sat 21:00	Sat 21:30	Sat 22:00	Sat 22:30	Sat 23:00	Sat 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	10	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	10	13	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	9	10
Maximum wave height (ft)	16	13	15	13	14	16	15	15	19	15	17	15	19	22	16	18	17	20	22	16	15	19	17	16	17	18	19	16	18	17	16	21	16	13	17	19	18	18	16	18	16	16	17	18	15	17	14	14
Peak period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	13	14
Average period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Mean period Tm02 (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9
Peak wave direction	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Directional spread (°)	12.7	12.8	14.4	15.4	14.8	11.8	14.8	12.7	12.2	13.6	12.7	13.4	12.7	11.8	18.0	14.4	13.0	12.3	14.7	13.3	13.1	11.4	11.9	12.9	12.8	13.3	12.6	14.1	13.1	11.9	15.8	10.9	12.5	13.3	13.4	14.2	13.6	14.8	16.3	13.8	16.3	12.8	16.0	14.6	13.8	13.0	16.3	13.9
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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