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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Tue, Oct 27, 2015

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Tue, Oct 27, 2015, 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 10.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 7.7–11.1 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 12.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 11–13.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 51.4 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 25.8–65.2 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 141 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 Tue, Oct 27, 2015Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)1011101010121212121311111010109999101010101110111111101011101011910999888877778
Maximum wave height (ft)15161416151818202020201514191413141214161516141918161615141815151515141416141314121212111310913
Peak period (s)12131313121213131214141313131314---1414141313131213121212121211121211121112121011111111111111
Average period (s)121312121112121212121111121212121212121212121112121112111111111111101010111010109101099999
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW---WWWWWWWWWSWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSWWSWWWSWWWW
Directional spread (°)17.818.523.022.917.919.517.719.621.520.922.623.925.031.824.921.3---17.719.823.023.622.424.027.420.026.126.122.821.827.825.720.330.326.724.532.224.228.630.328.727.933.636.126.931.828.0
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