Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Oct 2022

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Oct 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2022

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,490 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.8–2.2 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.1–11.5 seconds). Mean water temperature was 14°C (10th–90th percentile 13.6–14.6°C). 4 of 5,929 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 9 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 6.7 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.3ft

Mean: 1.5 ft

P10–P90: 0.8 — 2.2 ft

Recorded extremes

0.5 — 6.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.4secs

P10–P90: 4.1 — 11.5secs

Recorded extremes

2.4 — 15.4secs

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 76%

Mean Water Temperature

14°C

P10–P90: 13.6 — 14.6°C

Recorded extremes

13.4 — 15.2°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 13,326 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height: 1.5ft; 0.9ft below mean; Historical mean 2.362ft
Wave Period: 6.4s; 0.3s below mean; Historical mean 6.7s
Water Temperature: 14°C; 0.6°C above mean; Historical mean 13.4°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 2022Last observation shown Oct 2022
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)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	QC rejected	QC rejected	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mean peak period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	7	10	12	10	4	5	6	-	6	7	6	7	5	7	12	7	5	4	4	4	4
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3
Mean peak wave direction	Nconcentration 76%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 98%	Econcentration 96%	Econcentration 82%	NNEconcentration 79%	ENEconcentration 90%	Nconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 82%	NNEconcentration 71%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 95%	ENEconcentration 78%	NEconcentration 76%	Econcentration 85%	NNEconcentration 99%	Econcentration 88%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 93%	ENEconcentration 91%	ENEconcentration 85%	NEconcentration 79%	NNEconcentration 98%	Econcentration 88%	Econcentration 98%	Econcentration 94%	Econcentration 92%	Econcentration 99%	Econcentration 97%
Mean directional spread (°)	30.3	30.1	33.2	33.0	29.3	38.2	40.4	26.7	29.6	23.5	25.9	39.2	46.5	48.5	40.4	41.8	30.0	41.1	24.9	21.8	27.2	32.2	25.4	35.9	48.2	29.3	27.2	34.9	33.4	28.9	27.3
Mean water temperature(°C)	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.3	14.3	14.1	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.8

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