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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.

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In September 2025, Rustington recorded 1,267 wave buoy observations across 31 observed days. Average wave height was 3 ft (range 0.6–9.5 ft) and average wave period was 3.7 seconds (2–6 seconds); water temperature averaged 17.9°C (15.9–19.8°C). No wind observations were supplied; across nine same-month historical years, average wave height was 2.4 ft, wave period 4.7 seconds and water temperature 23.5°C.

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Average Wave Height

3ft
Observed range: 0.6 — 9.5ft

Average Wave period

3.7secs
Observed range: 2 — 6secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

17.9°C
Observed range: 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

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 Sep 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
54SW18.9
54SSW18.9
75SW19.0
55SW19.0
34SW18.9
23SE18.9
34SSE18.9
34SW18.9
23SSW18.9
44S18.8
54SW18.5
55SW18.3
54SW18.3
34SSW18.1
75SW17.9
55SW17.7
54SW17.8
44SW18.0
24SSW18.1
34SSW18.1
23S17.8
23E17.4
23ESE17.1
23E16.8
23E16.6
23ESE16.4
23S16.3
24S16.3
14SW16.4
14SSW16.7
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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