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Happisburgh wave buoy observations on Tue, Jul 17, 2012

Hourly readings from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 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 1.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–1.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 5.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.8–8 seconds). Mean water temperature was 16.8°C (10th–90th percentile 16.7–16.9°C). All 192 checked values passed quality control.

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

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.

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Happisburgh wave buoy hourly observations Tue, Jul 17, 2012Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)111111122211111111111222221111111211111111111111
Peak period (s)77666334438888444844444445454554444888877888891110
Zero-crossing period (s)444433343334444433333344444444444433444444444444
Peak wave directionENEENENEENENENWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNENNENNENNENNWNNNWNNENNNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNWNNWNNWNNWNNNWNNNWNNWNNNNNNNNNENNENNENNENNENNENNE
Directional spread (°)43.036.046.049.045.031.031.028.029.028.038.050.052.049.036.030.030.044.033.025.030.025.028.026.025.025.034.029.034.035.041.028.038.029.042.037.036.039.041.037.033.040.033.028.031.030.023.029.0
Water temperature(°C)16.716.716.816.716.816.816.816.816.816.716.616.616.616.616.616.716.816.716.716.816.816.816.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.917.017.016.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.916.9

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