Hornsea wave buoy daily means for Oct 2013

Daily means from the Hornsea wave buoy for Oct 2013, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2013

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,490 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 3.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.2–7.7 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.9–11.8 seconds). Mean water temperature was 12.9°C (10th–90th percentile 12.3–13.7°C). 12 of 5,785 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 3 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 3 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7.4 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

3.1ft

Mean: 3.8 ft

P10–P90: 1.2 — 7.7 ft

Recorded extremes

0.5 — 13.6 ft

Available for 743 of 745 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.5secs

P10–P90: 2.9 — 11.8secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 20secs

Available for 743 of 745 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

ENE

Circular concentration: 59%

Mean Water Temperature

12.9°C

P10–P90: 12.3 — 13.7°C

Recorded extremes

11.8 — 13.9°C

Available for 742 of 745 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 4,393 observations across 3 years.

Wave Height: 3.8ft; 0.8ft above mean; Historical mean 3.018ft
Wave Period: 7.5s; 0.1s above mean; Historical mean 7.4s
Water Temperature: 12.9°C; 0.3°C above mean; Historical mean 12.6°C

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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 Oct 2013Last observation shown Oct 2013
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)	6	6	5	4	1	1	1	2	3	11	10	7	8	7	4	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	1	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	9	10	8	6	2	1	1	2	4	16	15	12	13	11	6	6	5	5	6	4	5	5	4	2	6	4	5	3	2	3	3
Mean peak period (s)	7	8	7	8	6	2	12	12	10	11	10	8	8	8	7	6	-	9	7	6	10	6	4	4	5	8	4	7	4	5	10
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	6	6	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	Econcentration 100%	Econcentration 100%	Econcentration 99%	Econcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 84%	Sconcentration 73%	NNEconcentration 83%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 89%	NNEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	Econcentration 80%	NNEconcentration 92%	NEconcentration 89%	Econcentration 93%	Econcentration 77%	NEconcentration 89%	ESEconcentration 87%	Sconcentration 53%	SSEconcentration 69%	ESEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 66%	SSEconcentration 82%	Variableconcentration 20%	Wconcentration 63%	Econcentration 42%	NEconcentration 77%
Mean directional spread (°)	15.6	15.6	15.8	15.1	27.4	35.2	28.5	24.7	21.3	13.1	15.9	19.9	18.7	21.6	23.9	23.1	19.1	18.4	21.1	20.0	19.0	17.8	18.8	24.6	18.3	17.9	17.6	23.6	23.2	19.4	19.4
Mean water temperature(°C)	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.1	13.1	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.6	12.4	12.2	11.9	11.9

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