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K4 wave buoy daily means for Jul 2016

Daily means from the K4 wave buoy for Jul 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

700 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 5.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.9–10.8 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5–7 seconds). Typical wind was 13.9 mph (10th–90th percentile 3.4–23 mph) and mean water temperature was 13.9°C (10th–90th percentile 13.2–14.4°C). 35 of 3,500 checked values (1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 5 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 6.7 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6.1 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

5.9ft
Mean: 6.6 ft
P10–P90: 3.9 — 10.8 ft
Recorded extremes

0 — 16.7 ft

Available for 691 of 700 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

6secs
P10–P90: 5 — 7secs
Recorded extremes

4 — 11secs

Available for 688 of 700 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

13.9°C
P10–P90: 13.2 — 14.4°C
Recorded extremes

13 — 16.1°C

Available for 699 of 700 hourly samples

Typical Wind

WSW, 13.9mph
Mean: 14 mph
P10–P90: 3.4 — 23 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 31.1 mph

Circular concentration: 50%

Available for 687 of 700 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Julys

Historical baseline from 3,582 observations across 5 years.

Wave Height
6.6ft
0.1ft below mean
Historical mean 6.7ft
Wave Period
6s
0.1s below mean
Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature
13.9°C
0.7°C below mean
Historical mean 14.6°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 Jul 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)11116557879129686712975444566446655
Mean observed period(s)7Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported8Reported9Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported7Reported7Reported6Reported5Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported5Reported5Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionWNWconcentration 85%WNWconcentration 91%Wconcentration 96%Nconcentration 73%SWconcentration 43%SSWconcentration 63%SWconcentration 89%Variableconcentration 16%Sconcentration 53%Variableconcentration 15%NWconcentration 85%WNWconcentration 81%WNWconcentration 92%Sconcentration 61%WSWconcentration 77%Wconcentration 83%WSWconcentration 76%SSWconcentration 64%Sconcentration 69%SWconcentration 83%WSWconcentration 84%WSWconcentration 67%SWconcentration 81%SWconcentration 66%Wconcentration 98%Wconcentration 60%Wconcentration 52%NEconcentration 75%NWconcentration 84%WNWconcentration 89%WSWconcentration 75%
Mean wind speed (mph)23221491017191311141611161620211716131110121713138101411108
Mean water temperature(°C)13.213.113.213.213.413.313.513.613.713.813.713.913.913.813.913.914.014.114.014.114.514.514.214.414.314.414.213.914.014.014.3

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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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