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Hornsea wave buoy observations on Sun, Dec 13, 2015

Hourly readings from the Hornsea wave buoy for Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 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 3–3.7 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 9.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.8–12.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 9°C (10th–90th percentile 8.9–9.1°C). 1 of 188 checked values (0.5%) 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 Sun, Dec 13, 2015Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)444444444443433333333333333333333333333333333333
Maximum wave height (ft)676656657566665644545544444544445555454454444443
Peak period (s)666666666566-66--121313131313-111312111211111111111111101111111111111211111011
Zero-crossing period (s)45454455555555556666666-666665666655544444444444
Energy period (s)------------------------------------------------
Wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------------------------
Peak wave directionNENENENENENENENENENEENEENE-ENEENE--NNENNENENNENNENNE-NNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNE
Directional spread (°)23.016.018.020.019.018.016.019.020.023.024.025.0-21.026.0--16.017.015.017.016.013.0-8.011.07.010.011.022.019.020.021.017.016.014.012.016.016.014.015.013.015.018.019.013.013.013.0
Water temperature(°C)8.98.98.98.99.09.09.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.09.08.98.98.98.98.98.98.98.98.98.98.99.09.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.19.09.08.98.98.98.9

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

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