Faro wave buoy observations on Wed, Aug 19, 2026
Hourly readings from the Faro wave buoy for Wed, Aug 19, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 1 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.9–1.4 ft), while mean peak wave period was 14.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 13.9–14.8 seconds). 4 of 144 checked values (2.8%) were excluded by quality control.
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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Faro. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.
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for Wed, Aug 19, 2026
About Faro wave buoy
Faro is an Instituto Hidrográfico Datawell Waverider moored in about 90 metres of water south of the Algarve. Directional monitoring here began in 1986, making it a long-running MONIZEE reference for the open-ocean conditions entering the Gulf of Cádiz and approaching southern Portugal.
Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction and directional spread.
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| Significant wave height (ft) | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum wave height (ft) | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Peak period (s) | - | - | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | 14 | - | - |
| Mean period Tm02 (s) | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Zero-crossing period (s) | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Peak wave direction | - | W | SW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SW |
| Directional spread (°) | - | 17.0 | 27.0 | 34.0 | 26.0 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 32.0 | 38.0 | 33.0 | 24.0 | 28.0 | 23.0 | 40.0 | 34.0 | 25.0 | 30.0 | 19.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 30.0 | 43.0 | 49.0 | 22.0 | 32.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 51.0 | 42.0 | 29.0 | 38.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 23.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 45.0 | 29.0 | 17.0 | 27.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 |
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