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Porthleven wave buoy daily averages for Apr 2015 last observation shown Data available:  to  Monthly averages for

Average Wave Height

3 ft
0.8 — 5.7 ft

Average Wave period

11 secs
3 — 20 secs

Average Wave Direction

WSW

Average Water temperature

11 °C
9.8 — 12.7 °C
About Porthleven wave buoy

Porthleven (CCO station 107) is an inshore coastal wave monitoring site at 50.0623°N, 5.3073°W. It’s part of the UK’s regional Coastal Monitoring / Channel Coastal Observatory network, placed to characterise nearshore wave climate for flood risk, erosion studies, coastal engineering and local forecasting. These stations commonly use a directional wave buoy (often a Datawell Directional WaveRider class) and report significant wave height, wave period (peak/mean) and wave direction; many also report sea temperature and, where fitted, nearby meteorology.

Porthleven wave buoy daily averages Apr 2015 last observation shown Apr 2015
Day Wave height (ft) Wave Period (s) Wave Direction Water Temp (°C)
2 6 SW 11.2
4 6 SW 11.0
3 7 WSW 10.9
2 9 WSW 10.8
3 10 SW 11.0
4 9 SW 10.9
3 11 SW 10.8
3 15 SW 10.7
2 10 SW 10.7
2 12 WSW 10.7
3 14 WSW 10.7
3 17 WSW 10.6
2 10 SSW 10.4
2 10 SW 10.6
2 11 WSW 10.6
2 13 WSW 10.9
3 11 SW 11.2
4 12 WSW 10.6
5 11 WSW 10.4
4 8 SW 10.3
2 11 SW 10.2
2 14 WSW 10.2
2 13 WSW 10.1
2 11 WSW 10.0
1 12 WSW 10.1
2 11 WSW 9.9
2 11 WSW 9.8
3 9 WSW 9.8
Realtime data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme .

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