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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Wed, Oct 28, 2015

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Wed, Oct 28, 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 8.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 7.4–9 ft), while mean peak wave period was 10.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 9.7–11 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 27.7 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 21.9–32.8 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 Wed, Oct 28, 2015Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)989999989999997888877777888998888998898877877778
Maximum wave height (ft)131212141616131313121414141312121312131210111111131211151313121313151213151412141012141211111314
Peak period (s)12111211111110911119101010119101110101010910119911111011119111110111010101110111111111111
Average period (s)109999998999999899999889898910999999999109999999999
Peak wave directionWWSWWWSWWWWSWWWWWWWSWWSWWWSWWSWWSWWSWWWSWWSWWSWWWSWWSWWSWWWWWWWWWWSWWSWWWWWWSWWWWWSWWW
Directional spread (°)27.725.924.123.829.026.824.332.527.024.228.126.527.027.531.830.230.733.831.533.834.430.829.132.529.329.332.220.624.828.425.725.725.123.825.923.424.823.030.631.825.534.528.630.825.529.530.426.5
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