Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Oct 2020

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Oct 2020, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Sat, Oct 31, 2020, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2020

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,478 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.1–4.4 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.6–8.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 12.4°C (10th–90th percentile 11.3–13.7°C). 3 of 5,901 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 7 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.4 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6.6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.8ft

Mean: 2.3 ft

P10–P90: 1.1 — 4.4 ft

Recorded extremes

0.7 — 7 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.5secs

P10–P90: 4.6 — 8.3secs

Recorded extremes

2.4 — 20secs

Available for 742 of 743 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 79%

Mean Water Temperature

12.4°C

P10–P90: 11.3 — 13.7°C

Recorded extremes

10.9 — 14°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 10,381 observations across 7 years.

Wave Height: 2.3ft; 0.1ft below mean; Historical mean 2.428ft
Wave Period: 6.5s; 0.1s below mean; Historical mean 6.6s
Water Temperature: 12.4°C; 1.1°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 2020Last observation shown Oct 2020
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)	1	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	3	5	3	2	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Mean peak period (s)	5	6	8	9	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	8	7	6	6	11	6	6	8	9	7	6	5	6	5	7	5	6
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Mean peak wave direction	ENEconcentration 80%	Econcentration 94%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 85%	NNEconcentration 85%	NNWconcentration 99%	Nconcentration 94%	Nconcentration 96%	NNWconcentration 99%	Nconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 81%	ENEconcentration 96%	NEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 91%	Econcentration 100%	Econcentration 91%	NNEconcentration 90%	Nconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 77%	Econcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 86%	NNEconcentration 70%	NEconcentration 83%	NNEconcentration 77%	NEconcentration 76%	Econcentration 92%
Mean directional spread (°)	29.9	21.8	21.9	25.4	37.1	40.9	22.0	29.7	24.4	16.7	19.9	22.8	30.8	25.3	21.9	22.7	27.3	25.3	25.0	22.5	25.6	35.4	23.1	25.3	28.1	35.2	33.1	43.3	39.3	38.3	27.8
Mean water temperature(°C)	13.7	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.1	12.8	12.5	12.4	12.3	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.5	11.3	11.1	11.2	11.3

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