Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Jul 2013

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Jul 2013, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2013

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,488 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 0.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.5–2.2 ft), while mean peak wave period was 5.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.4–7.7 seconds). Mean water temperature was 17.6°C (10th–90th percentile 15.7–18.9°C). 5 of 5,952 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 1.5 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 Significant Wave Height

0.9ft

Mean: 1.2 ft

P10–P90: 0.5 — 2.2 ft

Recorded extremes

0.3 — 4.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.4secs

P10–P90: 3.4 — 7.7secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 16.7secs

Available for 743 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 86%

Mean Water Temperature

17.6°C

P10–P90: 15.7 — 18.9°C

Recorded extremes

15.4 — 19.6°C

Compared With Previous Julys

Historical baseline from 1,488 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height: 1.2ft; 0.3ft below mean; Historical mean 1.509ft
Wave Period: 5.4s; 0.7s below mean; Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature: 17.6°C; 0.3°C above mean; Historical mean 17.3°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 Jul 2013Last observation shown Jul 2013
Metric	Jul 1	Jul 2	Jul 3	Jul 4	Jul 5	Jul 6	Jul 7	Jul 8	Jul 9	Jul 10	Jul 11	Jul 12	Jul 13	Jul 14	Jul 15	Jul 16	Jul 17	Jul 18	Jul 19	Jul 20	Jul 21	Jul 22	Jul 23	Jul 24	Jul 25	Jul 26	Jul 27	Jul 28	Jul 29	Jul 30	Jul 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mean peak period (s)	4	5	4	4	5	4	6	6	5	5	7	7	6	5	6	7	8	7	5	6	6	7	7	6	4	4	3	5	5	5	4
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Mean peak wave direction	Nconcentration 88%	ENEconcentration 82%	Econcentration 87%	NEconcentration 86%	NNEconcentration 77%	ENEconcentration 77%	NEconcentration 90%	NNEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 89%	ENEconcentration 91%	ENEconcentration 90%	ENEconcentration 92%	ENEconcentration 77%	ENEconcentration 81%	NEconcentration 73%
Mean directional spread (°)	39.3	33.6	33.0	41.0	39.9	35.3	41.7	41.4	27.9	26.8	21.7	22.7	24.3	30.1	27.6	35.1	30.4	30.8	37.8	24.3	27.0	23.4	25.3	31.4	33.9	40.6	37.1	34.9	34.9	39.0	41.2
Mean water temperature(°C)	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.8	16.1	16.4	16.8	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.0	17.0	17.1	17.3	17.5	17.8	18.1	18.3	18.4	18.5	18.4	18.6	18.7	18.8	18.9	19.0	18.9	18.8	18.7	18.5	18.4

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