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Europlatform wave buoy observations on Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Hourly readings from the Europlatform wave buoy for Thu, Aug 20, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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114 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 4.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.3–5.8 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.5–6.6 seconds). Typical calculated wave power was approximately 4.2 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 2.4–8.5 kW/m), derived from significant wave height and energy period. All 221 checked values passed quality control.

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

Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Europlatform. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

About Europlatform wave buoy

Europlatform is a Rijkswaterstaat offshore monitoring station in the North Sea west of Rotterdam. Its fixed position near the deep-water approaches to Europe's largest port supplies a representative open-sea reference for shipping, forecasting and management of the densely used Dutch coastal zone.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period and wave direction. SurfHog calculates wave power when wave height and energy period are available.

Metrics are rows; hours run left to right. Times use your device time zone.
Europlatform wave buoy hourly observations Thu, Aug 20, 2026Last observation shown
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Significant wave height (ft)3-3-33-2-3333333444433433343334444443-43334444-33-4-44-4--44444-444444-44-4555-555-55555-55555-455-55-5-55-66-67766-66-66-666665-66-56-5555-5555
Maximum wave height (ft)4---44-4-4-555566666555556-5556655666-6656-6-6--5-7--7-6-----6--667-76-77-7-88-788-88888-89988-777-88-8-98-109-1110101010-1110-99-101010998-99-99-88911-9888
Peak period (s)4-4-44-4-445566666-5--656-56555555555-55555455-55-5-55-----555--555555-55-5556-556--6556-6-6-6--66-66-6--6-66-66666--6-67--77777-66-77-7777-7777
Mean period Tm02 (s)4-4-44-4-444445555-554444444444444444-44444444-44-4-44-4---4444-444-44-44-4444---5--5555-55555--45-55-4--4-45-55555--5-55----555-55-55-555--5555
Energy period (s)5-5-55-5-5555555555555555555555555554-44555554-55-5-45-4--5555--555555-55-5-55-555-55555-5555--555-55-5-55-55-55555-55-66-666666-66-66-6666-6666
Wave power, kilowatts per metre1.41-1.48-1.671.51-1.3-1.511.511.661.781.92.262.762.923.033.142.972.72.752.752.552.42.592.852.592.352.542.842.842.632.572.572.532.42-2.612.422.392.392.732.572.632.66-2.392.43-3.12-2.63.3-2.66--3.33.753.563.3--3.663.093.193.783.783.83-4.14.08-4.35-5.484.88-5.75.76.01-5.895.935.264.765.26-6.45.635.185.55--4.694.745.66-5.335.4-5.37-6.45.81-7.088.82-8.5410.3911.139.189.38-8.428.29-8.749.43-8.68.359.1910.38.56.94-8.178.51-7.218.17-6.347.017.697.41-5.965.466.716.83
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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 Rijkswaterstaat Waterinfo network.

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

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