Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Mar 2016

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Mar 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2016

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,486 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.1–4.1 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.3–8.5 seconds). Mean water temperature was 6.4°C (10th–90th percentile 5.6–7.5°C). 6 of 5,944 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 3 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.8 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2ft

Mean: 2.4 ft

P10–P90: 1.1 — 4.1 ft

Recorded extremes

0.5 — 8.2 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.4secs

P10–P90: 4.3 — 8.5secs

Recorded extremes

2.9 — 15.4secs

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 84%

Mean Water Temperature

6.4°C

P10–P90: 5.6 — 7.5°C

Recorded extremes

5.5 — 7.8°C

Compared With Previous Marchs

Historical baseline from 4,458 observations across 3 years.

Wave Height: 2.4ft; 0.4ft below mean; Historical mean 2.822ft
Wave Period: 6.4s; 0.6s below mean; Historical mean 7s
Water Temperature: 6.4°C; 0.8°C above mean; Historical mean 5.6°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 Mar 2016Last observation shown Mar 2016
Metric	Mar 1	Mar 2	Mar 3	Mar 4	Mar 5	Mar 6	Mar 7	Mar 8	Mar 9	Mar 10	Mar 11	Mar 12	Mar 13	Mar 14	Mar 15	Mar 16	Mar 17	Mar 18	Mar 19	Mar 20	Mar 21	Mar 22	Mar 23	Mar 24	Mar 25	Mar 26	Mar 27	Mar 28	Mar 29	Mar 30	Mar 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	1	2	3	2	5	5	4	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	2	4	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	2	2	2
Mean peak period (s)	6	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	4	5	4	6	5	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	4	5	6	7	7	12	11
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Mean peak wave direction	Econcentration 95%	NNWconcentration 98%	Nconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 90%	NNEconcentration 97%	NNEconcentration 99%	Nconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 95%	Econcentration 97%	ENEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 86%	ENEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 95%	NEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 89%	Econcentration 98%	Econcentration 98%	NEconcentration 71%	Nconcentration 97%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)	25.6	26.1	23.9	26.7	21.6	21.4	20.9	25.9	22.0	26.3	28.4	37.9	28.4	22.2	31.3	28.1	30.9	25.2	21.5	22.2	23.2	25.6	26.3	35.8	33.1	21.2	27.6	24.8	33.2	32.9	24.9
Mean water temperature(°C)	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6

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