Happisburgh wave buoy observations on Sat, Oct 21, 2023

Hourly readings from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Sat, Oct 21, 2023, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Sat, Oct 21, 2023, 23:30

Oldest observation available Wed, May 9, 2012

Daily means for Oct 2023

Period Summary

Hog Says

48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 4.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.3–5.8 ft), while mean peak wave period was 12.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 11.6–12.9 seconds). Mean water temperature was 13.8°C. All 192 checked values passed quality control.

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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 hourly observations Sat, Oct 21, 2023Last observation shown Sat, Oct 21, 2023
Metric	Sat 00:00	Sat 00:30	Sat 01:00	Sat 01:30	Sat 02:00	Sat 02:30	Sat 03:00	Sat 03:30	Sat 04:00	Sat 04:30	Sat 05:00	Sat 05:30	Sat 06:00	Sat 06:30	Sat 07:00	Sat 07:30	Sat 08:00	Sat 08:30	Sat 09:00	Sat 09:30	Sat 10:00	Sat 10:30	Sat 11:00	Sat 11:30	Sat 12:00	Sat 12:30	Sat 13:00	Sat 13:30	Sat 14:00	Sat 14:30	Sat 15:00	Sat 15:30	Sat 16:00	Sat 16:30	Sat 17:00	Sat 17:30	Sat 18:00	Sat 18:30	Sat 19:00	Sat 19:30	Sat 20:00	Sat 20:30	Sat 21:00	Sat 21:30	Sat 22:00	Sat 22:30	Sat 23:00	Sat 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Peak period (s)	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	11	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	11	12	11	10	11
Zero-crossing period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5
Peak wave direction	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE
Directional spread (°)	23.0	29.0	31.0	18.0	28.0	35.0	23.0	23.0	31.0	18.0	31.0	23.0	23.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	29.0	18.0	18.0	26.0	18.0	31.0	28.0	28.0	26.0	18.0	28.0	28.0	23.0	18.0	23.0	18.0	23.0	18.0	23.0	28.0	28.0	18.0	18.0	26.0	26.0	23.0	23.0	31.0	34.0	26.0	35.0	31.0
Water temperature(°C)	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8

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