Hornsea wave buoy daily means for Oct 2022

Daily means from the Hornsea wave buoy for Oct 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 23:00

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

Monthly means for 2022

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,481 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.2–3 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3–12.5 seconds). Mean water temperature was 13.4°C (10th–90th percentile 13.1–13.8°C). 17 of 5,882 checked values (0.3%) were excluded by quality control. Across 12 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 3.1 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.4 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.9ft

Mean: 2.1 ft

P10–P90: 1.2 — 3 ft

Recorded extremes

0.5 — 7.5 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.1secs

P10–P90: 3 — 12.5secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 18.2secs

Available for 742 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 50%

Mean Water Temperature

13.4°C

P10–P90: 13.1 — 13.8°C

Recorded extremes

13.1 — 13.9°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 16,898 observations across 12 years.

Wave Height: 2.1ft; 1ft below mean; Historical mean 3.084ft
Wave Period: 7.1s; 0.3s below mean; Historical mean 7.4s
Water Temperature: 13.4°C; 0.5°C above mean; Historical mean 12.9°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 2022Last observation shown Oct 2022
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)	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	4	5	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	2	7	8	5	4	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	3	3
Mean peak period (s)	5	10	-	4	5	6	5	10	5	5	13	12	12	10	4	4	6	12	8	7	6	7	7	9	12	6	4	4	3	4	4
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	Variableconcentration 21%	Nconcentration 85%	NEconcentration 73%	SEconcentration 98%	SSEconcentration 71%	Sconcentration 54%	SEconcentration 71%	NNEconcentration 82%	SEconcentration 81%	NEconcentration 49%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 90%	SSEconcentration 69%	SSEconcentration 69%	ESEconcentration 52%	NNEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 81%	Econcentration 99%	Econcentration 95%	ENEconcentration 70%	ENEconcentration 75%	ENEconcentration 74%	NNEconcentration 100%	ESEconcentration 82%	ESEconcentration 99%	SEconcentration 79%	SEconcentration 94%	SEconcentration 98%	SEconcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)	25.4	29.9	29.1	15.9	18.7	25.1	21.2	27.2	20.5	25.5	27.1	24.9	20.7	31.7	20.5	21.0	19.4	19.5	20.9	20.0	19.4	20.6	21.0	23.1	19.8	19.4	24.9	25.1	25.6	19.6	17.2
Mean water temperature(°C)	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2

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