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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Thu, Jul 30, 2015

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Thu, Jul 30, 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 3.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.2–3.7 ft), while mean peak wave period was 7.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6.9–8.1 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 3.6 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 1.8–4.7 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 Thu, Jul 30, 2015Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)333334444444444333322222333333443434443332222222
Maximum wave height (ft)555576567666666554533444446455655565655544433333
Peak period (s)988888887878877888888888988788887777777777777777
Average period (s)878788777777777778777888888888777776777767787777
Peak wave directionWWNWWWNWWWNWWNWWWWNWWWNWWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)31.633.532.435.132.031.428.329.924.830.531.129.131.431.932.029.533.141.436.034.638.634.034.231.329.332.929.536.029.729.624.927.225.321.123.725.027.826.430.132.433.040.741.235.436.047.848.237.0
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