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Rustington wave buoy daily averages for May 2019

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

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Average Wave Height

1.8ft
Observed range: 0.5 — 6.1ft

Average Wave period

6.7secs
Observed range: 2 — 17secs

Available for 711 of 727 observations

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

12.8°C
Observed range: 11.5 — 15.4°C

Available for 722 of 727 observations

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 1,379 observations across 2 years.

Wave Height
1.8ft
0.1ft above average
Historical average 1.7ft
Wave Period
6.7s
0.1s below average
Historical average 6.8s
Water Temperature
12.8°C
0.1°C below average
Historical average 12.9°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 May 2019last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
18SW11.8
24SW11.9
14SW12.0
23NNE11.9
15S11.7
25SW11.8
16S11.9
-6S12.0
-11SW12.3
211SW12.4
17SW12.6
18SSW12.7
25ESE12.8
35ESE12.7
28SSE12.8
210S12.8
28S12.8
17S12.8
17SSW12.9
14SSW13.0
13WSW13.1
17SSW13.2
18SW13.4
113SW13.6
29SW13.6
36SW13.7
36SW13.4
27SW13.5
36SW13.5
35SW13.6
16SW13.9
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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