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Greenwich wave buoy daily averages for Mar 2018 last observation shown oldest observation available Monthly averages for

Average Wave Height

3 ft
0.7 — 7.5 ft

Average Wave period

6 secs
4 — 10 secs

Average Water temperature

8 °C
7 — 9.3 °C

Average Wind

SE, 19 mph
1 — 58 mph
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About Greenwich wave buoy

Greenwich (WMO 62305) is an offshore station in the southern North Sea/Thames approaches (50.4170°N, 0.0000°E). It is sited to monitor waves and weather affecting busy shipping lanes and coastal flood/sea-state forecasting for south‑east England. It reports wave height/period/direction and meteorological variables such as wind and pressure.

Greenwich wave buoy daily averages Mar 2018 last observation shown Mar 2018
Day Wave height (ft) Wave Period (s) Wind Direction Wind Speed (mph) Water Temp (°C)
3 6 WSW 18 8.2
3 6 SSE 15 8.2
3 6 SSE 19 8.2
2 6 NNE 13 8.3
2 6 ESE 19 8.3
1 7 S 10 8.5
2 8 NE 7 8.3
3 7 E 15 8.2
4 6 SSE 19 8.1
2 6 NNE 24 8.0
1 6 NNE 14 7.9
2 4 NE 16 7.6
4 6 ENE 19 7.5
3 5 ENE 23 7.5
4 6 NE 23 8.2
3 8 S 16 8.5
3 6 SSE 22 8.4
2 5 SSE 23 8.2
3 7 W 19 8.2
4 7 WSW 27 8.3
2 8 ESE 15 8.3
2 6 S 20 8.1
2 6 SSE 17 8.0
5 6 WSW 27 7.9
2 6 WSW 20 7.9
2 5 S 14 7.8
2 6 SSE 23 7.7
2 5 S 19 7.6
2 5 ESE 24 7.5
4 6 ESE 26 7.2
Realtime data displayed on this page is from the Met Office Marine observations .

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