Rustington wave buoy daily averages for Apr 2024
Daily averages from the Rustington wave buoy for Apr 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
AI-generated summary. Hog SaysIn April 2024, Rustington recorded 1,389 wave buoy observations across 31 observed days, with average wave height of 2.9 ft and period of 3.8 seconds. Wave heights ranged from 0.5 to 8.7 ft, periods from 2 to 8 seconds, and water temperatures from 10 to 12°C, averaging 10.9°C; no wind observations were available.
Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.
Average Wave Height
Average Wave period
Average Wave Direction
Average Water temperature
Compared With Previous Aprils
Historical baseline from 5,235 observations across 7 years.
- Wave Height
- 2.9ft
- 0.8ft above average
- Historical average 2.1ft
- Wave Period
- 3.8s
- 1.9s below average
- Historical average 5.7s
- Water Temperature
- 10.9°C
- 4.7°C below average
- Historical average 15.6°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.
Sorry, there is no wave data for Mon, Apr 1, 2024
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.