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Les Pierres Noires wave buoy observations on Sat, Jul 25, 2020

Hourly readings from the Les Pierres Noires wave buoy for Sat, Jul 25, 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 4.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.7–4.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.5–6.8 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 4.7 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 1.8–5.6 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 Sat, Jul 25, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)333332333333333344444445544545555455455444455455
Maximum wave height (ft)545444445455555657766676878877888777897766877779
Peak period (s)777766556556666566666656666666677777777677776777
Average period (s)656665555565655555555555556666666666666666666666
Mean period Tm02 (s)444444444444444444444445545555555555555555555555
Peak wave directionWSWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWWWWWWWWSWWSWWSWWSWWWWWWWWWWWWWSWWWWWWWW
Directional spread (°)28.728.123.828.131.332.533.234.029.229.227.131.928.026.133.132.535.026.129.929.932.832.431.031.528.831.030.130.835.229.928.125.125.132.525.628.129.330.525.329.230.535.231.632.632.230.830.429.7
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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