Cap Ferret wave buoy observations on Fri, Jan 30, 2026

Hourly readings from the Cap Ferret wave buoy for Fri, Jan 30, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Fri, Jan 30, 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 16.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 13.8–20 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 10.6–16.8 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 118.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 90.1–261 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 144 checked values passed 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 Fri, Jan 30, 2026Last observation shown Fri, Jan 30, 2026
Metric	Fri 00:00	Fri 00:30	Fri 01:00	Fri 01:30	Fri 02:00	Fri 02:30	Fri 03:00	Fri 03:30	Fri 04:00	Fri 04:30	Fri 05:00	Fri 05:30	Fri 06:00	Fri 06:30	Fri 07:00	Fri 07:30	Fri 08:00	Fri 08:30	Fri 09:00	Fri 09:30	Fri 10:00	Fri 10:30	Fri 11:00	Fri 11:30	Fri 12:00	Fri 12:30	Fri 13:00	Fri 13:30	Fri 14:00	Fri 14:30	Fri 15:00	Fri 15:30	Fri 16:00	Fri 16:30	Fri 17:00	Fri 17:30	Fri 18:00	Fri 18:30	Fri 19:00	Fri 19:30	Fri 20:00	Fri 20:30	Fri 21:00	Fri 21:30	Fri 22:00	Fri 22:30	Fri 23:00	Fri 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	16	17	16	16	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	19	20	20	21	22	20	20	19	19	20	20	18	20	20	18	18	17	19	20
Maximum wave height (ft)	28	25	26	23	29	28	25	23	24	23	26	26	25	25	22	23	23	22	23	21	22	19	18	19	19	20	22	24	23	27	32	32	31	34	30	27	29	27	33	31	26	30	34	25	26	25	28	29
Peak period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	16	18	17	17	16	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	16
Average period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Mean period Tm02 (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	10
Peak wave direction	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Directional spread (°)	18.8	18.2	17.8	21.3	18.8	19.4	17.6	20.6	18.2	20.1	18.7	20.3	19.6	23.2	16.2	17.2	17.0	18.6	15.6	18.2	18.0	19.5	18.6	18.3	20.2	16.9	19.3	16.6	16.3	10.6	10.7	10.6	11.3	12.1	10.5	12.5	10.5	12.3	10.8	11.8	12.2	12.8	10.2	14.3	17.5	16.3	15.3	14.2
Water temperature(°C)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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