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Île d'Yeu Nord wave buoy daily means for Dec 2020

Daily means from the Île d'Yeu Nord wave buoy for Dec 2020, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,486 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 6.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.1–10 ft), while mean peak wave period was 11.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 8.3–15.9 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 18.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2.7–45.3 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 16 of 2,972 checked values (0.5%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 5.6 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 11.9 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

6.9ft
Mean: 6.7 ft
P10–P90: 3.1 — 10 ft
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 14.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

11.6secs
P10–P90: 8.3 — 15.9secs
Recorded extremes

3.9 — 18.9secs

Typical Wave Power

Approximately 18.21kW/m
Mean: 21.4kW/m
P10–P90: 2.67 — 45.29kW/m
Recorded extremes

0.97 — 91.65kW/m

Calculated from significant wave height and energy period.

Typical Observed Wind

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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 Decembers

Historical baseline from 13,180 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
6.7ft
1.1ft above mean
Historical mean 5.643ft
Wave Period
11.6s
0.3s below mean
Historical mean 11.9s
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 Dec 2020Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)3278864657897887668877107431112865
Mean maximum wave height (ft)431013121079711121410131211991212111015115517171298
Mean peak period (s)1010714131081199915141415131211171511101112911111514108
Mean average period (s)56710977978710911119981111889866910987
Mean period Tm02 (s)4457755656676776667866764577665
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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