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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Fri, Jul 10, 2020

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 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 5.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 5–5.8 ft), while mean peak wave period was 9.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 8.7–10 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 10.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 8.8–11.8 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 Fri, Jul 10, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)655555455566665565566656665555555565655555556555
Maximum wave height (ft)988977778891010867899988889107109897791088997888787810
Peak period (s)999109109109101010101010991099988791010810101010991010991010981099999
Average period (s)888888888999998888888788888898988898988888888878
Mean period Tm02 (s)666666666677776676666666676776766676666666666566
Peak wave directionWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)25.220.723.420.520.921.923.821.120.518.816.220.119.019.924.129.321.524.925.325.824.923.927.728.425.120.824.927.319.524.718.123.224.019.520.722.621.024.321.022.327.727.627.925.223.522.922.723.2
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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