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K4 wave buoy daily means for Feb 2011

Daily means from the K4 wave buoy for Feb 2011, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

669 wave-buoy observations covered all 28 days. Typical wave height was 17.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 10.2–24.9 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 9.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7–12 seconds). Typical wind was 19.7 mph (10th–90th percentile 10.3–31.1 mph) and mean water temperature was 10.9°C (10th–90th percentile 11–11°C). 6 of 3,345 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Wave Height

17.7ft
Mean: 17.6 ft
P10–P90: 10.2 — 24.9 ft
Recorded extremes

7.2 — 38.7 ft

Available for 663 of 669 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

9.2secs
P10–P90: 7 — 12secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 14secs

Mean Water Temperature

10.9°C
P10–P90: 11 — 11°C
Recorded extremes

10 — 11°C

Typical Wind

SW, 19.7mph
Mean: 20.5 mph
P10–P90: 10.3 — 31.1 mph
Recorded extremes

3.4 — 49.5 mph

Circular concentration: 62%

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 Feb 2011Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)2121312721171215181919232419211810101316119152121171710
Mean observed period(s)10Reported10Reported11Reported11Reported10Reported10Reported8Reported8Reported10Reported10Reported10Reported11Reported12Reported12Reported11Reported10Reported9Reported7Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported7Reported8Reported10Reported10Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)----------------------------
Mean wind directionWSWconcentration 85%WSWconcentration 93%WSWconcentration 87%WSWconcentration 86%Wconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 96%WNWconcentration 72%Sconcentration 97%WSWconcentration 89%Sconcentration 87%SSWconcentration 90%SSWconcentration 66%WNWconcentration 63%WNWconcentration 50%ESEconcentration 96%SEconcentration 36%SSWconcentration 89%SSEconcentration 96%Sconcentration 90%Sconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 94%SSWconcentration 94%SSWconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 97%SWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 72%SWconcentration 81%
Mean wind speed (mph)2529392719121528172121249132312112320231515272926211616
Mean water temperature(°C)11.010.911.011.011.011.010.810.611.011.011.011.011.010.810.511.011.011.011.011.011.011.011.011.011.011.011.011.0

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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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