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K5 wave buoy daily means for May 2022

Daily means from the K5 wave buoy for May 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

742 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 0 ft; wave-period data were unavailable. Typical wind was 18.3 mph (10th–90th percentile 9.2–25.3 mph) and mean water temperature was 10°C (10th–90th percentile 9.6–11°C). 1,415 of 3,710 checked values (38.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 12 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 8.7 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 406 of 742 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

-secs
P10–P90: - — -secs

Available for 0 of 742 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

10°C
P10–P90: 9.6 — 11°C
Recorded extremes

2.8 — 11.5°C

Available for 405 of 742 hourly samples

Typical Wind

WSW, 18.3mph
Mean: 17.9 mph
P10–P90: 9.2 — 25.3 mph
Recorded extremes

1.1 — 35.8 mph

Circular concentration: 35%

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 8,707 observations across 12 years.

Wave Height
0ft
8.7ft below mean
Historical mean 8.7ft
Wave Period
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 6.6s
Water Temperature
10°C
0.1°C below mean
Historical mean 10.1°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 May 2022Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)0000-0000-000000000000000000000
Mean observed period(s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionNNEconcentration 90%Variableconcentration 19%SWconcentration 85%Wconcentration 89%SWconcentration 96%NWconcentration 88%Sconcentration 74%Sconcentration 99%SSWconcentration 91%WSWconcentration 91%WNWconcentration 91%WSWconcentration 93%Wconcentration 59%SWconcentration 97%SSEconcentration 78%ESEconcentration 98%SEconcentration 96%Sconcentration 90%Sconcentration 97%SSWconcentration 92%WSWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 87%NNWconcentration 86%WSWconcentration 69%Wconcentration 94%Wconcentration 96%WNWconcentration 99%Econcentration 56%NNWconcentration 85%Nconcentration 96%NEconcentration 79%
Mean wind speed (mph)148162021161224172122221317122324202423191013142128219162211
Mean water temperature(°C)9.79.89.89.9-10.210.29.89.8-10.010.010.110.010.110.010.110.110.37.29.310.010.310.410.610.710.610.911.011.011.2

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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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