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K4 wave buoy daily means for Dec 2022

Daily means from the K4 wave buoy for Dec 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

743 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 0 ft; wave-period data were unavailable. Typical wind was 21.9 mph (10th–90th percentile 10.3–32.2 mph) and mean water temperature was 11.5°C (10th–90th percentile 11.1–12.1°C). 1,513 of 3,715 checked values (40.7%) were excluded by quality control. Across 9 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 16 ft.

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

Typical Wave Height

0ft
Mean: 0 ft
P10–P90: 0 — 0 ft
Recorded extremes

0 — 0 ft

Available for 365 of 743 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

-secs
P10–P90: - — -secs

Available for 0 of 743 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

11.5°C
P10–P90: 11.1 — 12.1°C
Recorded extremes

10.9 — 12.2°C

Available for 365 of 743 hourly samples

Typical Wind

Variable, 21.9mph
Mean: 21.9 mph
P10–P90: 10.3 — 32.2 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 54.1 mph

Circular concentration: 20%

Available for 729 of 743 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 6,223 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height
0ft
16ft below mean
Historical mean 16ft
Wave Period
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 8.4s
Water Temperature
11.5°C
0.5°C above mean
Historical mean 11°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 Dec 2022Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)0-000000-0-00000000000000000000
Mean observed period(s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionSSWconcentration 59%SSWconcentration 66%NNWconcentration 32%Econcentration 93%ENEconcentration 94%ENEconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 90%NNEconcentration 97%Nconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 94%NEconcentration 80%NNEconcentration 76%ENEconcentration 96%NEconcentration 96%NWconcentration 59%WNWconcentration 94%WSWconcentration 78%Sconcentration 96%SWconcentration 89%WSWconcentration 98%Wconcentration 99%Wconcentration 64%SEconcentration 38%SWconcentration 37%NNWconcentration 87%WNWconcentration 80%NWconcentration 43%Variableconcentration 21%Wconcentration 56%NWconcentration 80%Nconcentration 81%
Mean wind speed (mph)2621172324221823202015122725182121343042249221625222116261926
Mean water temperature(°C)11.8-12.112.212.112.011.811.8-12.1-11.711.711.811.711.411.011.311.511.411.611.711.411.311.311.211.311.211.111.111.2

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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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