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K7 wave buoy daily means for Feb 2021

Daily means from the K7 wave buoy for Feb 2021, 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 10.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 6.6–18 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7–9 seconds). Typical wind was 25.3 mph (10th–90th percentile 13.9–35.8 mph). 4 of 2,676 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 12.6 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 9 seconds.

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

Typical Wave Height

10.5ft
Mean: 11.6 ft
P10–P90: 6.6 — 18 ft
Recorded extremes

3.9 — 24 ft

Available for 665 of 669 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

8secs
P10–P90: 7 — 9secs
Recorded extremes

6 — 12secs

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 669 hourly samples

Typical Wind

SSE, 25.3mph
Mean: 25 mph
P10–P90: 13.9 — 35.8 mph
Recorded extremes

2.2 — 45 mph

Circular concentration: 49%

Compared With Previous Februarys

Historical baseline from 5,133 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
11.6ft
1ft below mean
Historical mean 12.6ft
Wave Period
8s
1s below mean
Historical mean 9s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 8.6°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for K7. 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 K7 wave buoy

K7 (WMO 64046) is a UK Met Office buoy west of Shetland in the North Atlantic. Its position monitors ocean weather and sea conditions approaching the Northern Isles. The international feed can include wind, pressure, air and sea temperature, and wave observations when the relevant sensors are reporting.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
K7 wave buoy daily means Feb 2021Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)1011889QC rejected788551016211412151210111712111815111615
Mean observed period(s)9Reported9Reported7Reported8Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported7Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported8Reported8Reported7Reported8Reported9Reported8Reported7Reported9Reported9Reported8Reported10Reported10Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)----------------------------
Mean wind directionNNEconcentration 89%Econcentration 96%Econcentration 90%ESEconcentration 87%ESEconcentration 98%ESEconcentration 98%ESEconcentration 98%Econcentration 95%Econcentration 98%ENEconcentration 61%ESEconcentration 50%Sconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 99%Sconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 88%Sconcentration 95%Sconcentration 85%SSWconcentration 80%SSEconcentration 86%SSWconcentration 99%SSWconcentration 99%Sconcentration 89%SSWconcentration 98%Wconcentration 91%SWconcentration 94%WSWconcentration 99%SWconcentration 98%
Mean wind speed (mph)18232113222619202310122737402230332627253427303330242424
Mean water temperature(°C)----------------------------

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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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