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Rustington wave buoy daily averages for Dec 2024

Daily averages from the Rustington wave buoy for Dec 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Rustington wave buoy recorded 1,486 observations across all 31 days of December 2024. Average wave height was 3.2 ft, with a 2–7-second wave period and water temperature averaging 10.2°C; wind data was unavailable.

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Average Wave Height

3.2ft
Observed range: 0.5 — 11.1ft

Average Wave period

4secs
Observed range: 2 — 7secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

10.2°C
Observed range: 8.6 — 12.5°C

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 6,442 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
3.2ft
0.6ft below average
Historical average 3.8ft
Wave Period
4s
2.2s below average
Historical average 6.2s
Water Temperature
10.2°C
5.6°C below average
Historical average 15.8°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 Dec 2024last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
54S11.0
44SW11.1
24SSW11.1
23SW11.2
75SSW11.3
55SW11.2
95SSW11.6
44NW11.3
34E10.8
34ESE10.5
34ESE10.2
23ESE9.9
23SE9.8
13SW9.6
33SW9.5
34SW9.7
34SSW9.7
75SSW10.1
44SW10.2
34SW9.6
55SW10.2
65SW11.1
34SW10.1
24SW10.0
14SW9.9
16SSW9.7
14SW9.6
14SW9.4
13SW9.2
23SW9.1
-4SSW9.3
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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