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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Thu, Jul 13, 2017

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 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 4.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.9–5.3 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 9.1–9.9 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 8.6 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 5.5–10.9 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 Thu, Jul 13, 2017Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)655555555555555555555555564445444454444444444444
Maximum wave height (ft)9888877879998697119788798986676875797665678676776
Peak period (s)10101010910101010101010101091091091091091010109101010910910101010999999999910
Average period (s)989989899999999999998899999999998999888888888888
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)22.820.024.125.726.021.626.221.421.420.519.519.020.926.123.623.222.820.525.027.225.227.226.724.322.320.324.724.721.018.323.222.323.223.818.721.220.426.829.229.526.828.721.929.729.831.929.126.9
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