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K4 wave buoy daily means for Oct 2011

Daily means from the K4 wave buoy for Oct 2011, 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 11.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 7.9–18.7 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 7.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–9 seconds). Typical wind was 20.7 mph (10th–90th percentile 10.4–31.1 mph) and mean water temperature was 12.6°C (10th–90th percentile 12.2–13.1°C). 4 of 3,724 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 10.6 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7.5 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

11.2ft
Mean: 12.6 ft
P10–P90: 7.9 — 18.7 ft
Recorded extremes

5.2 — 29.2 ft

Available for 741 of 745 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

7.6secs
P10–P90: 6 — 9secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 11secs

Mean Water Temperature

12.6°C
P10–P90: 12.2 — 13.1°C
Recorded extremes

12 — 13.3°C

Typical Wind

WSW, 20.7mph
Mean: 20.5 mph
P10–P90: 10.4 — 31.1 mph
Recorded extremes

2.2 — 42.6 mph

Circular concentration: 68%

Available for 744 of 745 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 744 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height
12.6ft
2ft above mean
Historical mean 10.6ft
Wave Period
7.6s
0.1s above mean
Historical mean 7.5s
Water Temperature
12.6°C
0.6°C below mean
Historical mean 13.2°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for K4. 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 K4 wave buoy

K4 (WMO 62105) is a UK Met Office buoy in the North Atlantic northwest of Ireland. Its remote position samples weather and sea conditions moving towards northern UK and Irish waters. The international station feed can include wind, pressure, temperature and wave observations, although the reported parameters vary with sensor availability.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
K4 wave buoy daily means Oct 2011Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)771817142215101011109910141818171611109101398813171615
Mean observed period(s)7Reported6Reported8Reported9Reported8Reported9Reported8Reported7Reported7Reported8Reported7Reported8Reported7Reported6Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported8Reported9Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported8Reported7Reported8Reported6Reported6Reported7Reported9Reported9Reported9Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionSWconcentration 92%Sconcentration 92%WSWconcentration 86%WSWconcentration 91%WSWconcentration 91%WNWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 88%WSWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 96%Wconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 46%Wconcentration 90%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 94%SWconcentration 93%WSWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 89%NWconcentration 95%NWconcentration 94%SWconcentration 96%SWconcentration 87%SWconcentration 93%Variableconcentration 29%NWconcentration 88%SSWconcentration 81%SEconcentration 58%Wconcentration 94%SSWconcentration 95%SSWconcentration 93%SSWconcentration 90%SSWconcentration 89%
Mean wind speed (mph)5153123273521211816121319232128272620211816142512161928231822
Mean water temperature(°C)13.213.113.113.112.912.812.712.712.712.712.712.712.712.912.712.512.512.612.512.512.412.312.312.312.212.312.212.212.112.112.1

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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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