Rustington wave buoy daily averages for Sep 2025

Daily averages from the Rustington wave buoy for Sep 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 00:30

Data available: Sun, Jul 3, 2016 to Mon, Jul 13, 2026

Monthly averages for 2025

Average Wave Height

3ft

0.6 — 9.5ft

Average Wave period

3.7secs

2 — 6secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

17.9°C

15.9 — 19.8°C

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 7,187 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height: 3ft; 0.6ft above average; Historical average 2.4ft
Wave Period: 3.7s; 1s below average; Historical average 4.7s
Water Temperature: 17.9°C; 5.6°C below average; Historical average 23.5°C

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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 Sep 2025last observation shown Sep 2025
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Sep 1	5	4	SW	18.9
Sep 2	5	4	SSW	18.9
Sep 3	7	5	SW	19.0
Sep 4	5	5	SW	19.0
Sep 5	3	4	SW	18.9
Sep 6	2	3	SE	18.9
Sep 7	3	4	SSE	18.9
Sep 8	3	4	SW	18.9
Sep 9	2	3	SSW	18.9
Sep 10	4	4	S	18.8
Sep 11	5	4	SW	18.5
Sep 12	5	5	SW	18.3
Sep 13	5	4	SW	18.3
Sep 14	3	4	SSW	18.1
Sep 15	7	5	SW	17.9
Sep 16	5	5	SW	17.7
Sep 17	5	4	SW	17.8
Sep 18	4	4	SW	18.0
Sep 19	2	4	SSW	18.1
Sep 20	3	4	SSW	18.1
Sep 21	2	3	S	17.8
Sep 22	2	3	E	17.4
Sep 23	2	3	ESE	17.1
Sep 24	2	3	E	16.8
Sep 25	2	3	E	16.6
Sep 26	2	3	ESE	16.4
Sep 27	2	3	S	16.3
Sep 28	2	4	S	16.3
Sep 29	1	4	SW	16.4
Sep 30	1	4	SSW	16.7

Realtime data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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