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Hornsea wave buoy observations on Sat, Oct 22, 2011

Hourly readings from the Hornsea wave buoy for Sat, Oct 22, 2011, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 3.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.5–4.2 ft), while mean peak wave period was 8.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.2–13.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 12.3°C (10th–90th percentile 12.3–12.4°C). 4 of 188 checked values (2.1%) were excluded by quality control.

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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Hornsea. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

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.

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Hornsea wave buoy hourly observations Sat, Oct 22, 2011Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)2233-3333222333333333333334444444444443444454444
Maximum wave height (ft)43454-444344444445554445565667766656566677777877
Peak period (s)13121313-13131413131313131314131313---13-5555666556555556566666766
Zero-crossing period (s)4444-4444333333333444444444444444444444444444444
Energy period (s)------------------------------------------------
Wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------------------------
Peak wave directionNNENNENNENE-NENENENENENENENENENENNENENESESESENNENESESESESESESESESESESESESESESESEESESEESEESEESEESEESEESEESEESE
Directional spread (°)23.018.018.022.0-29.019.026.023.021.022.037.021.020.026.024.033.020.011.015.014.020.018.012.014.012.011.013.011.012.013.013.012.016.013.015.017.014.013.013.014.011.012.011.011.010.013.010.0
Water temperature(°C)12.412.412.412.5-12.412.412.412.412.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.312.3

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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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