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Hornsea wave buoy observations on Sat, Feb 20, 2021

Hourly readings from the Hornsea wave buoy for Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 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 3.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.1–4 ft), while mean peak wave period was 5.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.5–6 seconds). Mean water temperature was 5.1°C (10th–90th percentile 5–5.2°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 Sat, Feb 20, 2021Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)444444433333333333444444444334343434344444444443
Maximum wave height (ft)6796765555545554576666656665566555666676766-6675
Peak period (s)666666666566666655566566666555554444445556665666
Zero-crossing period (s)444444434444444444444444444444443333344444444444
Energy period (s)------------------------------------------------
Wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------------------------
Peak wave directionSESESESESESESESESESESEESEESEESEESEESEESEESEESEESEESESEESEESEESEESEESESESESESESESESESESESESEESESESEESEESEESEESEESEESEESE
Directional spread (°)14.015.017.015.013.013.013.015.014.014.015.015.015.011.013.016.016.015.017.011.015.014.012.014.012.011.014.015.016.011.014.013.018.014.016.015.018.016.012.015.014.013.016.012.012.012.013.013.0
Water temperature(°C)5.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.05.15.15.15.15.15.15.15.25.15.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.25.2

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

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