Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Oct 2023

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Oct 2023, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Tue, Oct 31, 2023, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2023

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,490 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–5.1 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.6–11.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 14.8°C (10th–90th percentile 12.9–16.5°C). 15 of 5,921 checked values (0.3%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 2.3 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 6.6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.3ft

Mean: 2.7 ft

P10–P90: 1 — 5.1 ft

Recorded extremes

0.4 — 9.8 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.8secs

P10–P90: 4.6 — 11.2secs

Recorded extremes

1.9 — 14.3secs

Available for 744 of 745 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 86%

Mean Water Temperature

14.8°C

P10–P90: 12.9 — 16.5°C

Recorded extremes

12.6 — 16.8°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 14,816 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 2.7ft; 0.4ft above mean; Historical mean 2.297ft
Wave Period: 7.8s; 1.2s above mean; Historical mean 6.6s
Water Temperature: 14.8°C; 1.3°C above 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 2023Last observation shown Oct 2023
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	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	5	5	3	4	7	4	7	5	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Mean peak period (s)	5	6	5	5	6	8	12	7	11	9	5	7	8	8	8	10	6	7	9	9	12	10	6	7	8	8	8	7	8	10	9
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Mean peak wave direction	Econcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 77%	Nconcentration 85%	Nconcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 93%	NNEconcentration 68%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 84%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 92%	Econcentration 99%	NEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 95%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 83%	ENEconcentration 97%	NNEconcentration 97%	ENEconcentration 87%	NEconcentration 96%	NEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 98%
Mean directional spread (°)	32.6	32.2	25.4	36.8	37.8	41.4	32.4	25.1	30.4	32.1	37.3	25.3	31.7	18.9	23.8	26.0	24.9	16.6	23.6	24.2	24.6	24.8	24.7	20.3	23.0	24.1	21.3	24.2	36.0	30.0	26.7
Mean water temperature(°C)	16.7	16.7	16.6	16.4	16.2	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.2	16.1	15.7	15.0	14.4	14.1	13.8	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.2	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.7	12.6

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