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M2 wave buoy daily means for May 2001

Daily means from the M2 wave buoy for May 2001, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

673 wave-buoy observations covered 29 of 31 days (94%). Typical wave height was 2 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–3.9 ft), while mean zero-crossing wave period was 4.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4–5 seconds). Typical wind was 5.8 mph (10th–90th percentile 2.2–15 mph) and mean water temperature was 9.8°C (10th–90th percentile 8.6–11.7°C). All 3,363 checked values passed quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2ft
Mean: 2.3 ft
P10–P90: 1 — 3.9 ft
Recorded extremes

0.7 — 8.9 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.5secs
P10–P90: 4 — 5secs
Recorded extremes

4 — 8secs

Available for 672 of 673 hourly samples

Typical Observed Wind

Variable, 5.8mph
Mean: 7.9 mph
P10–P90: 2.2 — 15 mph
Recorded extremes

2.2 — 28.9 mph

Circular concentration: 9%

Available for 672 of 673 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

9.8°C
P10–P90: 8.6 — 11.7°C
Recorded extremes

8.4 — 12.8°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for M2. 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 M2 wave buoy

M2 (WMO 62091) is part of the Irish Marine Data Buoy Observation Network, managed by the Marine Institute in collaboration with Met Éireann. Moored in the Irish Sea east of Ireland, it provides open-water context for the busy, relatively enclosed waters between the Irish and British coasts.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wind conditions and sea temperature.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
M2 wave buoy daily means May 2001Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)--33121233223232QC rejected42111112334333
Mean maximum wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)-------------------------------
Mean zero-crossing period (s)--54444444444545544555555445544
Mean peak wave direction-------------------------------
Mean wave direction-------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-------------------------------
Mean wind direction--Nconcentration 100%NWconcentration 83%Nconcentration 99%NEconcentration 77%NNEconcentration 81%Nconcentration 88%ENEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 79%ENEconcentration 82%NNEconcentration 74%Econcentration 67%Variableconcentration 18%ENEconcentration 97%SWconcentration 44%NWconcentration 98%Wconcentration 93%SWconcentration 75%Variableconcentration 26%ESEconcentration 85%ENEconcentration 77%Variableconcentration 25%NEconcentration 85%Sconcentration 89%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 87%SWconcentration 94%SWconcentration 86%WNWconcentration 94%
Mean wind speed (mph)--1095845127551058519106344341012121312813
Mean water temperature(°C)--8.68.68.88.78.98.88.78.98.99.19.09.79.49.49.19.39.59.610.310.910.810.811.011.011.011.111.311.711.6

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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.

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 Met Éireann Irish Marine Data Buoy Observation Network.

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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