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K5 wave buoy daily means for Nov 2018

Daily means from the K5 wave buoy for Nov 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

693 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 11.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 7.2–20.4 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 7.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–9 seconds). Typical wind was 21.9 mph (10th–90th percentile 13.9–33.3 mph) and mean water temperature was 10.2°C (10th–90th percentile 10–10.3°C). 25 of 3,463 checked values (0.7%) were excluded by quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 13.9 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.7 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

11.5ft
Mean: 12.8 ft
P10–P90: 7.2 — 20.4 ft
Recorded extremes

5.6 — 37.1 ft

Available for 679 of 693 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

7.5secs
P10–P90: 6 — 9secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 13secs

Available for 683 of 693 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

10.2°C
P10–P90: 10 — 10.3°C
Recorded extremes

9.8 — 12.1°C

Available for 690 of 693 hourly samples

Typical Wind

SE, 21.9mph
Mean: 22.6 mph
P10–P90: 13.9 — 33.3 mph
Recorded extremes

4.7 — 45 mph

Circular concentration: 48%

Compared With Previous Novembers

Historical baseline from 5,704 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
12.8ft
1.1ft below mean
Historical mean 13.9ft
Wave Period
7.5s
0.2s below mean
Historical mean 7.7s
Water Temperature
10.2°C
0.4°C below mean
Historical mean 10.6°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for K5. 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 K5 wave buoy

K5 (WMO 64045) is a UK Met Office buoy in the far North Atlantic west of Scotland. It provides observations from a sparsely monitored ocean area upstream of the Hebrides and northern UK waters. The international feed includes marine weather and sea-temperature observations, with wave and wind parameters present only when the relevant sensors are reporting.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
K5 wave buoy daily means Nov 2018Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)9102120101114131715108810221421151091110777716162118
Mean observed period(s)6Reported6Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported7Reported9Reported7Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported7Reported6Reported9Reported8Reported10Reported9Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported6Reported8Reported8Reported9Reported9Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)------------------------------
Mean wind directionWNWconcentration 94%Sconcentration 72%Sconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 88%Variableconcentration 29%SEconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 47%SSEconcentration 89%SEconcentration 95%Sconcentration 80%SEconcentration 92%NEconcentration 82%SWconcentration 66%SSEconcentration 69%SSWconcentration 94%SSEconcentration 92%SEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 99%SEconcentration 99%Econcentration 94%ENEconcentration 95%Econcentration 98%ENEconcentration 98%ENEconcentration 94%Econcentration 98%ESEconcentration 92%ESEconcentration 95%SEconcentration 71%SSWconcentration 93%Wconcentration 99%
Mean wind speed (mph)202331251421152733211414172330252520151824191919182233293332
Mean water temperature(°C)10.310.310.310.210.210.110.310.310.210.110.110.110.110.010.010.210.310.310.310.210.110.210.110.110.110.110.010.110.210.1

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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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