Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Oct 2012

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Oct 2012, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Oct 31, 2012, 23:30

Data available: Wed, May 9, 2012 to Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Monthly means for 2012

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,490 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–4.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.4–9.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 12.3°C (10th–90th percentile 10.6–13.5°C). 13 of 5,960 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.9ft

Mean: 2.4 ft

P10–P90: 1 — 4.5 ft

Recorded extremes

0.4 — 10.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.6secs

P10–P90: 4.4 — 9.2secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 15.4secs

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 85%

Mean Water Temperature

12.3°C

P10–P90: 10.6 — 13.5°C

Recorded extremes

9.9 — 13.9°C

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About Happisburgh wave buoy

Happisburgh is a Channel Coastal Observatory wave station off the northeast Norfolk coast. It supplies a nearshore North Sea record for one of England's most rapidly changing soft-cliff frontages, where communities, beaches and coastal defences are exposed to frequent erosion.

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

Happisburgh wave buoy daily means Oct 2012Last observation shown Oct 2012
Metric	Oct 1	Oct 2	Oct 3	Oct 4	Oct 5	Oct 6	Oct 7	Oct 8	Oct 9	Oct 10	Oct 11	Oct 12	Oct 13	Oct 14	Oct 15	Oct 16	Oct 17	Oct 18	Oct 19	Oct 20	Oct 21	Oct 22	Oct 23	Oct 24	Oct 25	Oct 26	Oct 27	Oct 28	Oct 29	Oct 30	Oct 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	6	QC rejected	3	1	2	2
Mean peak period (s)	6	5	5	4	6	5	7	9	6	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	4	6	7	6	5	5	9	8	10	10	8	6
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Mean peak wave direction	Econcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 90%	NEconcentration 78%	NNEconcentration 89%	NNEconcentration 79%	Nconcentration 97%	Nconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	Econcentration 86%	NNEconcentration 64%	NNEconcentration 96%	NNEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 79%	ENEconcentration 85%	Econcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 86%	NNEconcentration 89%	ENEconcentration 91%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 81%
Mean directional spread (°)	28.7	32.5	36.0	38.4	37.4	30.1	23.4	24.3	23.3	23.9	20.9	24.7	35.0	20.1	24.3	34.8	30.7	28.3	36.2	43.4	25.7	21.9	22.8	24.7	24.4	22.9	20.4	25.6	33.3	25.7	27.9
Mean water temperature(°C)	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.6	12.3	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	11.9	11.2	10.7	10.5	10.4	10.2

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