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Penzance wave buoy daily averages for Sep 2025

Daily averages from the Penzance wave buoy for Sep 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Average Wave Height

2.4ft
Observed range: 0.5 — 6.3ft

Average Wave period

4.3secs
Observed range: 2 — 8secs

Average Wave Direction

S

Average Water temperature

15.7°C
Observed range: 14.4 — 17.3°C

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 10,618 observations across 14 years.

Wave Height
2.4ft
0.7ft above average
Historical average 1.7ft
Wave Period
4.3s
2.5s below average
Historical average 6.8s
Water Temperature
15.7°C
0.2°C below average
Historical average 15.9°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Penzance. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. Click a day to show hourly observations for that day.

About Penzance wave buoy

Penzance is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station in Mount's Bay off west Cornwall. First deployed by the National Network in April 2007, it records the comparatively sheltered wave climate on the bay's western side. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

Penzance wave buoy daily averages Sep 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
35S17.1
34S16.9
55S16.9
35S16.6
24S16.6
34SSE16.6
45S16.9
35S16.8
45S16.6
34S16.3
24S15.7
34S15.5
34S15.7
44S15.6
44S15.3
24S14.9
44S15.4
34S15.4
24S15.6
24S15.6
14S15.2
15SSE14.9
15SSE14.9
14S15.0
14SSE15.0
14SSE14.8
-4S14.8
16S14.8
16S14.7
14S14.8
Realtime data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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