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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Sat, Jun 14, 2014

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Sat, Jun 14, 2014, 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 3.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.1–4.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 10.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 9.5–11.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 5.4 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 4.2–8.7 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 Sat, Jun 14, 2014Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)333343444455545554544444433334444444444444434333
Maximum wave height (ft)446555767888779889798665546655666777676666556555
Peak period (s)1111111111121111111010101010101010101010101011111111111011111010101010101091010999101091010
Average period (s)10101010101111101010101010991099101010910109101010910101010998988999999999
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)27.229.424.427.322.524.220.821.924.825.621.223.226.827.326.726.824.224.225.824.030.728.824.826.626.528.530.928.032.026.926.024.923.828.824.732.231.229.230.324.428.330.622.825.720.828.628.327.5
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