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K2 wave buoy daily means for Oct 2012

Daily means from the K2 wave buoy for Oct 2012, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

745 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 10.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 6.7–15.7 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 7.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–9 seconds). Typical wind was 19.6 mph (10th–90th percentile 9.2–28.8 mph) and mean water temperature was 13.8°C (10th–90th percentile 13.3–14.5°C). 151 of 3,136 checked values (4.8%) were excluded by quality control. Across 2 comparable years, mean wave height was the same as the same-month mean of 11 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.3 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

10.8ft
Mean: 11 ft
P10–P90: 6.7 — 15.7 ft
Recorded extremes

4.9 — 19.7 ft

Available for 596 of 745 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

7.1secs
P10–P90: 6 — 9secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 10secs

Available for 598 of 745 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

13.8°C
P10–P90: 13.3 — 14.5°C
Recorded extremes

13 — 15.3°C

Available for 596 of 745 hourly samples

Typical Wind

Variable, 19.6mph
Mean: 19.5 mph
P10–P90: 9.2 — 28.8 mph
Recorded extremes

3.5 — 35.7 mph

Circular concentration: 25%

Available for 598 of 745 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 1,489 observations across 2 years.

Wave Height
11ft
In line with the historical mean
Historical mean 11ft
Wave Period
7.1s
0.2s below mean
Historical mean 7.3s
Water Temperature
13.8°C
0.5°C below mean
Historical mean 14.3°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for K2. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. To open hourly observations, use a linked day name in the table.

About K2 wave buoy

K2 (WMO 62081) is a UK Met Office buoy in the North Atlantic west of Ireland. It provides an upstream view of ocean weather and sea conditions before systems reach Ireland and the UK. The international station feed can include wind, pressure, air and sea temperature, and wave observations when the relevant sensors are reporting.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
K2 wave buoy daily means Oct 2012Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)141411877109106914111212121616101117------811813
Mean observed period(s)8Reported7Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported7Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported8Reported7Reported8Reported8Reported7Reported7Reported9Reported------7Reported7Reported6Reported7Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionWSWconcentration 98%Wconcentration 98%Wconcentration 99%Wconcentration 87%Variableconcentration 22%NEconcentration 98%Econcentration 96%ESEconcentration 86%ENEconcentration 93%SSEconcentration 62%WNWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 96%Wconcentration 94%NWconcentration 91%WSWconcentration 81%SSEconcentration 50%Nconcentration 88%NNWconcentration 99%NEconcentration 51%SSEconcentration 99%SEconcentration 99%------Wconcentration 91%Nconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 73%WNWconcentration 89%
Mean wind speed (mph)2326191591524916132120151922192928142225------21201727
Mean water temperature(°C)14.614.414.214.214.214.114.114.414.414.314.114.013.813.513.413.613.613.513.413.313.2------13.413.413.413.2

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Wave metric colour key

Colours move through the scale as each number increases. They do not by themselves mean that conditions are good, safe or suitable for you.

Wave & swell height0–40+ ft
Wave & swell period0–22+ s
Wind speed0–75 mph

The displayed numbers remain the source of truth; colour is an additional visual cue.

Which wave period is shown?

The table shows the best period measurement supplied for each observation. It is not necessarily the energy period used to calculate wave power.

Tp
Peak period: the period at the strongest spectral peak.
Tavg
The provider's average wave period.
Tm02
A mean period calculated from the wave spectrum.
Tz
Mean zero-crossing period.
Reported
A legacy value whose period type was not recorded.
Mixed
A daily or monthly mean containing more than one period type.

Wave power needs a genuine energy period (Te). SurfHog does not substitute Tp, Tavg, Tm02 or Tz when Te is missing.

What does buoy wave power mean?

kW/m means kilowatts of wave power per metre of wave crest. It describes the rate at which the observed sea state carries energy past the buoy.

Unlike the shore-directed forecast value, buoy wave power is the total power at the observation point. It is not projected towards a particular beach and does not predict breaking wave height.

In deep water, wave power can be calculated with:

P is approximately 0.49 times significant wave height squared times wave energy period.

P is power in kW/m, Hs is significant wave height in metres, and Te is wave energy period in seconds.

  • Provider-reported power is used when available.
  • Otherwise, a value is calculated only when both significant height and a genuine energy period are available. The ≈ symbol marks calculated values.
  • A dash is shown instead of substituting peak, Tm02, zero-crossing or other period measurements.
  • Daily and monthly figures use the mean of hourly-normalized observation power values; they are not calculated from mean height and period.

Wave direction, spectrum, water depth and local bathymetry still matter. Wave power is best read alongside height, period and direction rather than as a standalone surf-quality score.

The observation data displayed on this page is from the UK Met Office.

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