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Greenwich wave buoy daily means for Sep 2014

Daily means from the Greenwich wave buoy for Sep 2014, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

686 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 1 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.3–2 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4–7 seconds). Typical wind was 16.1 mph (10th–90th percentile 6.9–24.2 mph) and mean water temperature was 18°C (10th–90th percentile 17.7–18.3°C). 18 of 3,430 checked values (0.5%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.3 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6.1 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

1ft
Mean: 1 ft
P10–P90: 0.3 — 2 ft
Recorded extremes

0 — 3.6 ft

Available for 684 of 686 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

6secs
P10–P90: 4 — 7secs
Recorded extremes

4 — 26secs

Available for 671 of 686 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

18°C
P10–P90: 17.7 — 18.3°C
Recorded extremes

17.4 — 19.2°C

Typical Wind

NE, 16.1mph
Mean: 15.8 mph
P10–P90: 6.9 — 24.2 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 34.4 mph

Circular concentration: 37%

Available for 685 of 686 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 2,377 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
1ft
1.3ft below mean
Historical mean 2.3ft
Wave Period
6s
0.1s below mean
Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature
18°C
1.3°C above mean
Historical mean 16.7°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Greenwich. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. To open hourly observations, use a linked day name in the table.

About Greenwich wave buoy

Greenwich Lightship (WMO 62305) is a UK Met Office station in the southern North Sea on the Greenwich meridian. It monitors marine conditions between the Dover Strait and the Thames approaches. The station feed can include wind, wave height, pressure, visibility, and air and sea temperature.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Greenwich wave buoy daily means Sep 2014Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)111110011111221121112111111111
Mean observed period(s)6Reported8Reported6Reported5Reported6Reported9ReportedQC rejected7Reported4Reported4Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported7Reported6Reported5Reported6Reported7Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported6Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)------------------------------
Mean wind directionWconcentration 96%NEconcentration 76%ENEconcentration 98%ENEconcentration 97%NNWconcentration 88%NWconcentration 39%WNWconcentration 39%ENEconcentration 98%Econcentration 98%ENEconcentration 98%ENEconcentration 96%NEconcentration 96%NEconcentration 96%ENEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 96%ENEconcentration 97%NEconcentration 99%ENEconcentration 93%ENEconcentration 78%NNEconcentration 88%NNEconcentration 98%Nconcentration 56%WSWconcentration 85%WNWconcentration 88%WNWconcentration 83%WSWconcentration 96%Variableconcentration 24%ESEconcentration 96%SWconcentration 80%WSWconcentration 94%
Mean wind speed (mph)1615201611651817191819232521172816109201291919189111114
Mean water temperature(°C)17.617.817.918.017.917.918.217.917.917.917.817.917.917.917.918.118.018.218.518.418.017.917.917.917.817.818.018.117.917.9

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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.

Which wave period is shown?

The table shows the best period measurement supplied for each observation. It is not necessarily the energy period used to calculate wave power.

Tp
Peak period: the period at the strongest spectral peak.
Tavg
The provider's average wave period.
Tm02
A mean period calculated from the wave spectrum.
Tz
Mean zero-crossing period.
Reported
A legacy value whose period type was not recorded.
Mixed
A daily or monthly mean containing more than one period type.

Wave power needs a genuine energy period (Te). SurfHog does not substitute Tp, Tavg, Tm02 or Tz when Te is missing.

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.

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