Hornsea wave buoy observations on Wed, Dec 12, 2018

Hourly readings from the Hornsea wave buoy for Wed, Dec 12, 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 23:30

Oldest observation available Sat, Jun 7, 2008

Daily means for Dec 2018

Period Summary

Hog Says

48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 3.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.2–4.3 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.4–11.1 seconds). Mean water temperature was 9°C (10th–90th percentile 8.9–9.1°C). 2 of 187 checked values (1.1%) were excluded by quality control.

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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 hourly observations Wed, Dec 12, 2018Last observation shown Wed, Dec 12, 2018
Metric	Wed 00:00	Wed 00:30	Wed 01:00	Wed 01:30	Wed 02:00	Wed 02:30	Wed 03:00	Wed 03:30	Wed 04:00	Wed 04:30	Wed 05:00	Wed 05:30	Wed 06:00	Wed 06:30	Wed 07:00	Wed 07:30	Wed 08:00	Wed 08:30	Wed 09:00	Wed 09:30	Wed 10:00	Wed 10:30	Wed 11:00	Wed 11:30	Wed 12:00	Wed 12:30	Wed 13:00	Wed 13:30	Wed 14:00	Wed 14:30	Wed 15:00	Wed 15:30	Wed 16:00	Wed 16:30	Wed 17:00	Wed 17:30	Wed 18:00	Wed 18:30	Wed 19:00	Wed 19:30	Wed 20:00	Wed 20:30	Wed 21:00	Wed 21:30	Wed 22:00	Wed 22:30	Wed 23:00	Wed 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	4	4	-	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	5	6
Maximum wave height (ft)	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	4	6	5	6	5	6	5	7	6	8	8	9	8	10	11
Peak period (s)	12	12	-	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	5	5	5	5	-	5	4	5	4	4	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peak wave direction	NNE	NNE	-	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	SE	SE	SE	SE	-	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	NNE	NNE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Directional spread (°)	16.0	13.0	-	11.0	12.0	13.0	11.0	12.0	13.0	11.0	11.0	13.0	12.0	10.0	17.0	12.0	13.0	17.0	25.0	24.0	26.0	21.0	-	22.0	26.0	22.0	25.0	31.0	17.0	21.0	20.0	18.0	23.0	21.0	20.0	19.0	19.0	17.0	17.0	21.0	21.0	17.0	20.0	21.0	13.0	16.0	17.0	19.0
Water temperature(°C)	9.0	9.0	-	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.9	8.9

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