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K7 wave buoy daily means for Oct 2022

Daily means from the K7 wave buoy for Oct 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 10.3–31.1 mph) and mean water temperature was 10.8°C (10th–90th percentile 10.4–11.3°C). 1,615 of 3,715 checked values (43.5%) were excluded by quality control. Across 9 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 10.5 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 307 of 743 hourly samples

Mean Wave Period

-secs
P10–P90: - — -secs

Available for 0 of 743 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

10.8°C
P10–P90: 10.4 — 11.3°C
Recorded extremes

10.3 — 11.7°C

Available for 307 of 743 hourly samples

Typical Wind

SSW, 21.9mph
Mean: 21.1 mph
P10–P90: 10.3 — 31.1 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 42.5 mph

Circular concentration: 39%

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 6,580 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height
0ft
10.5ft below mean
Historical mean 10.5ft
Wave Period
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 7.8s
Water Temperature
10.8°C
0.1°C above mean
Historical mean 10.7°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 Oct 2022Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)000---0000-00000-00000000000000
Mean observed period(s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power(kW/m)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionSWconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 79%SWconcentration 93%SWconcentration 89%WSWconcentration 97%Wconcentration 92%WSWconcentration 83%SSWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 94%SWconcentration 75%WSWconcentration 82%SWconcentration 90%WSWconcentration 96%Sconcentration 84%WSWconcentration 97%NEconcentration 58%Nconcentration 98%ENEconcentration 41%ESEconcentration 98%Econcentration 95%ENEconcentration 97%ENEconcentration 95%Econcentration 97%Sconcentration 90%SEconcentration 84%SWconcentration 98%SEconcentration 65%SSWconcentration 59%SSEconcentration 95%Sconcentration 97%
Mean wind speed (mph)2323202930312519303319222228172114135232515232011212414141921
Mean water temperature(°C)11.411.411.6---11.411.211.111.2-11.111.010.810.610.7-10.610.510.410.510.510.410.510.510.510.510.510.510.410.8

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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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