Hornsea wave buoy daily means for Jul 2008

Daily means from the Hornsea wave buoy for Jul 2008, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 23:30

Data available: Sat, Jun 7, 2008 to Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Monthly means for 2008

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,475 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.1–3.3 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.5–10 seconds). Mean water temperature was 14°C (10th–90th percentile 13.5–14.9°C). 9 of 5,869 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2ft

Mean: 2.2 ft

P10–P90: 1.1 — 3.3 ft

Recorded extremes

0.5 — 8.6 ft

Available for 737 of 739 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.9secs

P10–P90: 2.5 — 10secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 12.5secs

Available for 736 of 739 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 57%

Mean Water Temperature

14°C

P10–P90: 13.5 — 14.9°C

Recorded extremes

13.2 — 15.7°C

Available for 736 of 739 hourly samples

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About Hornsea wave buoy

Hornsea is a Channel Coastal Observatory wave station off the rapidly eroding Holderness coast of East Yorkshire. Its North Sea record provides local wave context for Hornsea's defended frontage and the adjacent soft-cliff coastline, where storms drive substantial shoreline change.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wave power and sea temperature.

Hornsea wave buoy daily means Jul 2008Last observation shown Jul 2008
Metric	Jul 1	Jul 2	Jul 3	Jul 4	Jul 5	Jul 6	Jul 7	Jul 8	Jul 9	Jul 10	Jul 11	Jul 12	Jul 13	Jul 14	Jul 15	Jul 16	Jul 17	Jul 18	Jul 19	Jul 20	Jul 21	Jul 22	Jul 23	Jul 24	Jul 25	Jul 26	Jul 27	Jul 28	Jul 29	Jul 30	Jul 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	QC rejected	4	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	3	3	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	2	2	2	2	1	2	7	11	6	2	3	5	3	2	2	2	3	3
Mean peak period (s)	4	5	5	7	5	5	10	10	8	7	6	7	8	7	4	3	2	6	3	10	11	9	7	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	3	2	3	3	3	6	7	6	5	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	SEconcentration 88%	ESEconcentration 95%	Econcentration 91%	NEconcentration 96%	ESEconcentration 95%	SEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 84%	NNEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 70%	NNEconcentration 58%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	Nconcentration 87%	WNWconcentration 65%	WNWconcentration 79%	WSWconcentration 89%	Nconcentration 56%	WNWconcentration 53%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	Econcentration 97%	Econcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 93%	ESEconcentration 96%	Econcentration 97%
Mean directional spread (°)	23.8	21.7	23.7	20.6	25.2	23.1	15.6	16.9	17.7	23.9	23.7	13.9	12.5	19.7	21.6	22.9	22.8	28.6	22.2	14.1	12.8	15.0	17.6	26.7	21.3	20.8	22.1	23.5	27.5	22.8	26.0
Mean water temperature(°C)	13.5	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.9	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	14.2	14.1	14.3	14.6	14.8	14.8	15.1	15.0	15.1

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