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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Mon, Jul 14, 2014

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Mon, Jul 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 3.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.7–3.9 ft), while mean peak wave period was 8.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7.5–8.8 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 3.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2–4.9 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 Mon, Jul 14, 2014Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)333333334444444444444333333333333433333333333333
Maximum wave height (ft)454545557585766656665444444454445655546656544444
Peak period (s)9710899999998988888888888988888998888888878778888
Average period (s)777778877888877777777777766666666777667777666666
Peak wave directionWWWWWNWWWNWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWNWWWNWWNWWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWW
Directional spread (°)34.132.630.334.830.623.122.025.622.326.124.927.433.527.428.527.431.433.333.332.133.036.830.929.734.234.932.637.435.935.229.231.426.424.329.033.330.736.428.727.335.234.931.238.236.533.833.536.7
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