Happisburgh wave buoy observations on Thu, Jan 22, 2026
Hourly readings from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Thu, Jan 22, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 5 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.3–6.5 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6.1–9.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 4.9°C (10th–90th percentile 4.8–5°C). All 191 checked values passed quality control.
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for Thu, Jan 22, 2026
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.
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| Significant wave height (ft) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Peak period (s) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Zero-crossing period (s) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Peak wave direction | E | NE | E | E | E | E | E | E | - | ENE | ENE | ENE | NNE | NE | NE | NNE | NNE | NNE | NE | ENE | NE | NE | ENE | NE | ENE | NE | E | E | ENE | ENE | E | ENE | ENE | ENE | NE | NE | ENE | NE | NE | NNE | NE | E | ENE | NE | ENE | NE | ENE | NE |
| Directional spread (°) | 23.0 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 28.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | - | 23.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 28.0 | 14.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 34.0 | 23.0 | 28.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 18.0 |
| Water temperature(°C) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
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