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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Fri, Aug 31, 2012

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Fri, Aug 31, 2012, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 4 ft (10th–90th percentile 3–5.9 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 8.2–9.7 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 5.9 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 3–12.9 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 144 checked values passed quality control.

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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Les Pierres Noires. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

About Les Pierres Noires wave buoy

Les Pierres Noires is a CANDHIS directional buoy west of Brittany, maintained through the French national sea-state observatory and its scientific and maritime partners. Its position near the offshore reef and lighthouse represents fully exposed Atlantic conditions approaching the Iroise Sea and western Brittany.

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

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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy hourly observations Fri, Aug 31, 2012Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)555556666666666555444443343444444444443333332222
Maximum wave height (ft)888899989989999877766656555688667657556554454434
Peak period (s)11111010101010891091010910989101010910910109910910109999998988888899
Average period (s)899999988988988888888888998999999888888887888888
Mean period Tm02 (s)777777777766777767777777777887877777777676666767
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWNWWWWWWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWWWNWWNWWWWWWNWWWWWWWWSWWWW
Directional spread (°)26.926.625.224.822.623.219.625.126.820.228.322.721.925.520.729.630.932.327.728.632.229.225.331.924.220.625.522.421.724.523.220.221.224.626.127.332.127.429.528.525.536.334.331.838.329.133.929.0
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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