Minehead wave buoy daily averages for Jan 2019
Daily averages from the Minehead wave buoy for Jan 2019, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
AI-generated summary. Hog SaysMinehead’s wave buoy recorded observations on all 31 days of January 2019, with average wave height of 1.9 ft and period of 7.3 seconds. Wave heights ranged from 0.2 to 7.3 ft, periods from 2 to 17 seconds, and water temperature averaged 8.5°C, ranging from 6.8 to 10°C; no wind observations were available. Across five historical Januarys, average wave height was 2.5 ft, period 7.7 seconds and water temperature 8.3°C.
Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.
Average Wave Height
Average Wave period
Available for 734 of 744 observations
Average Wave Direction
Average Water temperature
Compared With Previous Januarys
Historical baseline from 3,717 observations across 5 years.
- Wave Height
- 1.9ft
- 0.6ft below average
- Historical average 2.5ft
- Wave Period
- 7.3s
- 0.4s below average
- Historical average 7.7s
- Water Temperature
- 8.5°C
- 0.2°C above average
- Historical average 8.3°C
Chart showing grouped wave observations for Minehead. 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.
Sorry, there is no wave data for Tue, Jan 1, 2019
About Minehead wave buoy
Minehead is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station in the Bristol Channel off the Somerset coast. First deployed in December 2006, it records the short-period and locally generated waves that reach the Minehead frontage. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.