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Noirmoutier wave buoy observations on Sat, Apr 20, 2024

Hourly readings from the Noirmoutier wave buoy for Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 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 2 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.5–2.4 ft), while mean peak wave period was 8.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.3–11.3 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 1 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 0.6–1.4 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. 1 of 144 checked values (0.7%) were excluded by quality control.

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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Noirmoutier. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

About Noirmoutier wave buoy

Noirmoutier is a CANDHIS directional buoy west of the low-lying island on the Vendée coast, operated within France's national in-situ sea-state observatory. Its position helps distinguish offshore Atlantic forcing from the sheltering and shallow-water effects around Noirmoutier and Bourgneuf Bay.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread and sea temperature.

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Noirmoutier wave buoy hourly observations Sat, Apr 20, 2024Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)222222222222222222222222222222222121211122222233
Maximum wave height (ft)444343333334334343433443432223333232322223334344
Peak period (s)4-55512121211111211121111111011101033333311101111101111111110101010101010334444
Average period (s)444455455545565555544445445545444554455444334444
Mean period Tm02 (s)444444444434444444343444444434333443344333333334
Peak wave directionWNWWNWWNWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWENEENEENEEEEWWNWWWWWWWWWWWWNWWWNWWNNENNENNENNNENNE
Directional spread (°)21.025.518.317.415.439.541.536.347.546.143.240.434.535.434.037.233.937.028.123.033.837.331.827.130.729.630.026.129.930.332.630.736.437.547.042.440.436.833.135.635.739.530.526.622.722.722.219.8
Water temperature(°C)------------------------------------------------

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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Cerema CANDHIS coastal wave observatory.

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