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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Thu, May 19, 2016

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Thu, May 19, 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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47 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 7.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 5.9–9.7 ft), while mean peak wave period was 10.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 9.8–10.6 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 21.1 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 13.4–39 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 141 checked values passed quality control.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

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.

Metrics are rows; hours run left to right. Times use your device time zone.
Les Pierres Noires wave buoy hourly observations Thu, May 19, 2016Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)8-10101010910101099998877666666777777888888877776666565
Maximum wave height (ft)12-13151714151414201414131213111111129101010910910131315141513151311111012119118108989
Peak period (s)11-111110101010101091010101091011101111111111111011101011101011101110111010101011101110101011
Average period (s)9-1010999999999999999999991099999999999999888899888
Peak wave directionWNW-WWWWWNWWNWWNWWWNWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWWWWWWWNWWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)24.5-16.821.221.520.223.322.121.417.323.722.926.820.824.822.725.823.728.524.425.324.128.123.323.126.125.019.921.627.822.222.520.521.023.224.222.927.826.427.026.026.928.321.725.325.624.228.1
Water temperature(°C)------------------------------------------------

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Wave metric colour key

Colours move through the scale as each number increases. They do not by themselves mean that conditions are good, safe or suitable for you.

Wave & swell height0–40+ ft
Wave & swell period0–22+ s
Wind speed0–75 mph

The displayed numbers remain the source of truth; colour is an additional visual cue.

What does buoy wave power mean?

kW/m means kilowatts of wave power per metre of wave crest. It describes the rate at which the observed sea state carries energy past the buoy.

Unlike the shore-directed forecast value, buoy wave power is the total power at the observation point. It is not projected towards a particular beach and does not predict breaking wave height.

In deep water, wave power can be calculated with:

P is approximately 0.49 times significant wave height squared times wave energy period.

P is power in kW/m, Hs is significant wave height in metres, and Te is wave energy period in seconds.

  • Provider-reported power is used when available.
  • Otherwise, a value is calculated only when both significant height and a genuine energy period are available. The ≈ symbol marks calculated values.
  • A dash is shown instead of substituting peak, Tm02, zero-crossing or other period measurements.
  • Daily and monthly figures use the mean of hourly-normalized observation power values; they are not calculated from mean height and period.

Wave direction, spectrum, water depth and local bathymetry still matter. Wave power is best read alongside height, period and direction rather than as a standalone surf-quality score.

Observation data source

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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