Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Jul 2016

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

Last observation shown Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2016

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,488 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.7–2.1 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.5–6.9 seconds). Mean water temperature was 18.2°C (10th–90th percentile 16.7–19.8°C). 5 of 5,950 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 1.6 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5.6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.1ft

Mean: 1.2 ft

P10–P90: 0.7 — 2.1 ft

Recorded extremes

0.3 — 4.1 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5secs

P10–P90: 3.5 — 6.9secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 11.1secs

Observed Wave Direction

NNE

Circular concentration: 82%

Mean Water Temperature

18.2°C

P10–P90: 16.7 — 19.8°C

Recorded extremes

16.3 — 20.4°C

Compared With Previous Julys

Historical baseline from 5,951 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height: 1.2ft; 0.4ft below mean; Historical mean 1.608ft
Wave Period: 5s; 0.6s below mean; Historical mean 5.6s
Water Temperature: 18.2°C; 0.4°C above mean; Historical mean 17.8°C

Show 10th–90th percentile ranges

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 2016Last observation shown Jul 2016
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	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Mean peak period (s)	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	5	6	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
Mean peak wave direction	NEconcentration 81%	Nconcentration 96%	NNEconcentration 89%	ENEconcentration 88%	Nconcentration 85%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 96%	NNEconcentration 89%	NEconcentration 91%	ENEconcentration 82%	NEconcentration 76%	Nconcentration 97%	Nconcentration 99%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 93%	Nconcentration 94%	NEconcentration 75%	Econcentration 82%	Econcentration 98%	NEconcentration 82%	NNEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 97%	ENEconcentration 94%	NEconcentration 81%	ENEconcentration 87%	NEconcentration 86%	NNEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 81%	NNEconcentration 98%	Nconcentration 97%
Mean directional spread (°)	39.7	40.2	36.4	37.0	27.0	22.8	27.2	34.8	41.9	38.6	39.1	37.0	24.9	23.9	22.3	31.4	35.1	36.4	35.5	26.6	35.7	35.9	31.9	29.2	38.9	40.3	42.1	35.4	41.9	31.3	27.4
Mean water temperature(°C)	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.8	16.8	16.9	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.5	17.6	17.6	17.5	17.6	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.4	18.7	19.1	19.3	19.5	19.7	19.9	19.9	19.8	19.6	19.6	19.5	19.4	19.3

Swipe sideways to see more days.

The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

› Wave Buoy List