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Île d'Yeu Nord wave buoy daily means for May 2011

Daily means from the Île d'Yeu Nord wave buoy for May 2011, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,488 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 3.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.9–4.7 ft), while mean peak wave period was 10.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6.9–13.3 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 3 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 1.1–8.5 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 17 of 2,976 checked values (0.6%) were excluded by quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 2.6 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 8.9 seconds.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

Typical Significant Wave Height

3.1ft
Mean: 3.2 ft
P10–P90: 1.9 — 4.7 ft
Recorded extremes

1.2 — 7.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

10.4secs
P10–P90: 6.9 — 13.3secs
Recorded extremes

3.2 — 18.9secs

Available for 743 of 744 hourly samples

Typical Wave Power

Approximately 2.98kW/m
Mean: 4.32kW/m
P10–P90: 1.06 — 8.46kW/m
Recorded extremes

0.38 — 23.83kW/m

Calculated from significant wave height and energy period.

Typical Observed Wind

-, -mph
Mean: - mph
P10–P90: - — - mph

Available for 0 of 744 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 744 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 1,488 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height
3.2ft
0.6ft above mean
Historical mean 2.592ft
Wave Period
10.4s
1.5s above mean
Historical mean 8.9s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Île d'Yeu Nord. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. To open hourly observations, use a linked day name in the table.

About Île d'Yeu Nord wave buoy

Île d'Yeu Nord is a CANDHIS station off the northern side of Île d'Yeu, maintained through France's Cerema-coordinated sea-state observatory and departmental partners. It represents Atlantic conditions around the island and provides context for the open, sandy Vendée coast to the east.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread and sea temperature.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Île d'Yeu Nord wave buoy daily means May 2011Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)2222344565433332223334443642224
Mean maximum wave height (ft)4342566797654553335546664963346
Mean peak period (s)131291112101091311111010769910141212111211111311810106
Mean average period (s)10106710977109867556578897989876766
Mean period Tm02 (s)6745865677645445455675766654545
Mean peak wave direction-------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-------------------------------
Mean water temperature(°C)-------------------------------

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Wave metric colour key

Colours move through the scale as each number increases. They do not by themselves mean that conditions are good, safe or suitable for you.

Wave & swell height0–40+ ft
Wave & swell period0–22+ s
Wind speed0–75 mph

The displayed numbers remain the source of truth; colour is an additional visual cue.

What does buoy wave power mean?

kW/m means kilowatts of wave power per metre of wave crest. It describes the rate at which the observed sea state carries energy past the buoy.

Unlike the shore-directed forecast value, buoy wave power is the total power at the observation point. It is not projected towards a particular beach and does not predict breaking wave height.

In deep water, wave power can be calculated with:

P is approximately 0.49 times significant wave height squared times wave energy period.

P is power in kW/m, Hs is significant wave height in metres, and Te is wave energy period in seconds.

  • Provider-reported power is used when available.
  • Otherwise, a value is calculated only when both significant height and a genuine energy period are available. The ≈ symbol marks calculated values.
  • A dash is shown instead of substituting peak, Tm02, zero-crossing or other period measurements.
  • Daily and monthly figures use the mean of hourly-normalized observation power values; they are not calculated from mean height and period.

Wave direction, spectrum, water depth and local bathymetry still matter. Wave power is best read alongside height, period and direction rather than as a standalone surf-quality score.

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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