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Hornsea wave buoy observations on Wed, Jan 22, 2020

Hourly readings from the Hornsea wave buoy for Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 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 1.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–1.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 13.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 12.2–15.4 seconds). Mean water temperature was 7°C (10th–90th percentile 6.9–7.1°C). All 192 checked values passed 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 Wed, Jan 22, 2020Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)111111111111111111111111111111111111112111222222
Maximum wave height (ft)----------------------------22222222322232223333
Peak period (s)151413151415131413111517151314171317131315131515141411131113131114141411131515151413151313131311
Zero-crossing period (s)778765444555555544455667776777777767777777888778
Energy period (s)------------------------------------------------
Wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------------------------
Peak wave directionNENENEENENENENNENNENNENENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENENENNENNENNENENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENNENENENNENNENNENENENNENNENNENNENENNENNENNE
Directional spread (°)53.047.037.052.040.036.027.040.024.017.020.036.029.025.024.034.023.026.015.020.020.015.020.032.048.053.028.049.024.027.025.013.032.028.017.011.019.033.028.035.028.015.013.09.09.011.09.010.0
Water temperature(°C)7.07.07.07.07.17.17.17.17.17.17.07.07.07.06.96.96.96.96.96.96.96.97.07.07.07.07.17.17.17.17.17.17.17.17.07.07.07.07.07.07.07.06.96.96.96.96.97.0

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

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