Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for May 2022

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

Last observation shown Tue, May 31, 2022, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2022

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,478 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.6–2.9 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.5–10.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 13.5°C (10th–90th percentile 11.7–14.9°C). 23 of 5,868 checked values (0.4%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.2 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6.4 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.2ft

Mean: 1.5 ft

P10–P90: 0.6 — 2.9 ft

Recorded extremes

0.3 — 5.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.1secs

P10–P90: 3.5 — 10.3secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 14.3secs

Available for 738 of 742 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

NNE

Circular concentration: 83%

Mean Water Temperature

13.5°C

P10–P90: 11.7 — 14.9°C

Recorded extremes

10.9 — 15.3°C

Available for 741 of 742 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 12,300 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 1.5ft; 0.7ft below mean; Historical mean 2.165ft
Wave Period: 6.1s; 0.3s below mean; Historical mean 6.4s
Water Temperature: 13.5°C; 1.5°C above mean; Historical mean 12°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 May 2022Last observation shown May 2022
Metric	May 1	May 2	May 3	May 4	May 5	May 6	May 7	May 8	May 9	May 10	May 11	May 12	May 13	May 14	May 15	May 16	May 17	May 18	May 19	May 20	May 21	May 22	May 23	May 24	May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28	May 29	May 30	May 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	1
Mean peak period (s)	6	8	7	11	8	9	8	6	7	4	4	5	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	6	8	9	10
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Mean peak wave direction	NEconcentration 83%	NNEconcentration 98%	Nconcentration 96%	NNEconcentration 99%	Nconcentration 93%	NNEconcentration 96%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 80%	Econcentration 88%	NNEconcentration 76%	Nconcentration 97%	Nconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 86%	ENEconcentration 85%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 93%	NEconcentration 80%	NEconcentration 77%	NEconcentration 72%	Nconcentration 90%	ENEconcentration 89%	NEconcentration 77%	Nconcentration 85%	NNEconcentration 90%	Nconcentration 94%	NNWconcentration 99%	Nconcentration 97%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)	34.7	39.2	34.7	32.1	34.3	46.9	42.0	29.8	27.0	41.3	45.5	38.8	37.8	41.8	33.0	24.1	27.0	29.2	33.5	40.2	38.3	35.4	37.1	27.3	38.1	35.2	23.4	23.4	23.1	26.5	33.7
Mean water temperature(°C)	11.1	11.3	11.5	11.7	11.8	12.1	12.3	12.4	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.9	13.1	13.3	13.6	13.9	14.3	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8

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