Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Thu, Jan 29, 2026

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Thu, Jan 29, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Jan 29, 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 12.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 12.5–13.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 14.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 13.9–16.2 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 96.1 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 74.8–107.3 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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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 Thu, Jan 29, 2026Last observation shown Thu, Jan 29, 2026
Metric	Thu 00:00	Thu 00:30	Thu 01:00	Thu 01:30	Thu 02:00	Thu 02:30	Thu 03:00	Thu 03:30	Thu 04:00	Thu 04:30	Thu 05:00	Thu 05:30	Thu 06:00	Thu 06:30	Thu 07:00	Thu 07:30	Thu 08:00	Thu 08:30	Thu 09:00	Thu 09:30	Thu 10:00	Thu 10:30	Thu 11:00	Thu 11:30	Thu 12:00	Thu 12:30	Thu 13:00	Thu 13:30	Thu 14:00	Thu 14:30	Thu 15:00	Thu 15:30	Thu 16:00	Thu 16:30	Thu 17:00	Thu 17:30	Thu 18:00	Thu 18:30	Thu 19:00	Thu 19:30	Thu 20:00	Thu 20:30	Thu 21:00	Thu 21:30	Thu 22:00	Thu 22:30	Thu 23:00	Thu 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	14	12	13	14	15	14	12	14	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	11	12	13	12	13	QC rejected
Maximum wave height (ft)	22	17	21	20	22	23	17	18	19	19	19	21	17	24	22	18	22	18	21	16	20	22	25	20	21	20	19	19	23	21	22	21	19	25	19	21	24	19	19	20	18	18	16	21	19	19	21	26
Peak period (s)	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	9	9
Average period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	9	9	10
Mean period Tm02 (s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8
Peak wave direction	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	W
Directional spread (°)	13.0	16.5	13.2	13.9	10.8	11.6	13.6	13.4	13.7	12.6	12.0	12.1	11.2	13.0	11.1	13.3	13.9	13.3	13.4	13.9	12.2	13.9	13.7	12.7	13.9	14.2	14.6	16.3	15.0	15.1	14.5	12.5	13.4	13.6	14.6	14.2	13.7	13.1	15.9	14.5	15.4	17.7	18.2	18.8	17.8	18.7	18.7	19.5
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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