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Rustington wave buoy daily averages for Mar 2019

Daily averages from the Rustington wave buoy for Mar 2019, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Average Wave Height

3.5ft
Observed range: 0.4 — 11.5ft

Average Wave period

7.8secs
Observed range: 2 — 17secs

Available for 730 of 743 observations

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

-°C
Observed range: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 743 observations

Compared With Previous Marchs

Historical baseline from 1,467 observations across 2 years.

Wave Height
3.5ft
0.4ft above average
Historical average 3.1ft
Wave Period
7.8s
0.1s below average
Historical average 7.9s
Water Temperature
Not enough comparable data
Historical average 7.5°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Rustington. 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.

About Rustington wave buoy

Rustington is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station off the West Sussex coast. First deployed in June 2003, it records waves approaching the shoreline between Littlehampton and Worthing. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

Rustington wave buoy daily averages Mar 2019last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
39SW-
48SSW-
77SSW-
68SW-
411SW-
66S-
56SW-
47SW-
46SW-
68SW-
57SW-
77SSW-
68SW-
69SW-
78SW-
78SW-
58SW-
38SW-
17SW-
15SSW-
19SSW-
17SSW-
18S-
16S-
14SW-
15SSW-
17SW-
113SSW-
114SSW-
112SSW-
27ESE-
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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