Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Oct 2019

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Oct 2019, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 23:00

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

Monthly means for 2019

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,481 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–4.6 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.3–9.1 seconds). Mean water temperature was 13.2°C (10th–90th percentile 11.7–14.6°C). 2 of 5,887 checked values (0%) were excluded by quality control. Across 6 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.5 ft and mean wave period was the same as the same-month mean of 6.6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.9ft

Mean: 2.4 ft

P10–P90: 1 — 4.6 ft

Recorded extremes

0.6 — 7.9 ft

Available for 741 of 742 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.6secs

P10–P90: 4.3 — 9.1secs

Recorded extremes

2.3 — 20secs

Available for 741 of 742 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 82%

Mean Water Temperature

13.2°C

P10–P90: 11.7 — 14.6°C

Recorded extremes

10.8 — 15.8°C

Available for 741 of 742 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 8,902 observations across 6 years.

Wave Height: 2.4ft; 0.1ft below mean; Historical mean 2.461ft
Wave Period: 6.6s; In line with the historical mean; Historical mean 6.6s
Water Temperature: 13.2°C; 0.3°C below mean; Historical mean 13.5°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 2019Last observation shown Oct 2019
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)	4	6	4	2	3	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	5	2	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Mean peak period (s)	7	7	8	6	7	6	7	7	5	5	7	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	8	6	6	14	-	8	7	6	7	6	5	5
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Mean peak wave direction	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 83%	NEconcentration 96%	Econcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 76%	Nconcentration 91%	Nconcentration 83%	Econcentration 99%	NEconcentration 91%	ENEconcentration 88%	ENEconcentration 84%	NEconcentration 92%	ENEconcentration 92%	NEconcentration 89%	ENEconcentration 88%	ENEconcentration 89%	NNEconcentration 84%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 80%	NNEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 79%	ENEconcentration 84%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 97%	ENEconcentration 97%	Econcentration 100%
Mean directional spread (°)	23.7	21.2	22.9	29.5	26.6	20.4	20.0	44.4	42.0	37.6	30.6	44.1	33.1	30.3	33.1	30.7	33.1	31.6	30.8	24.2	26.4	29.3	44.0	33.6	37.6	29.2	20.7	25.0	30.8	29.3	23.1
Mean water temperature(°C)	15.7	15.2	14.7	14.5	14.4	14.2	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.1	12.8	12.7	12.5	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.3	12.0	11.7	11.5	11.2	10.9

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