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Rustington wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2025

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

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Rustington recorded 1,476 wave-buoy observations across all 31 days of October 2025. Average wave height was 3.2 ft, with periods averaging 3.9 seconds; water temperature averaged 15.6°C.

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Average Wave Height

3.2ft
Observed range: 0.3 — 9.2ft

Average Wave period

3.9secs
Observed range: 2 — 8secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

15.6°C
Observed range: 13.1 — 17°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 7,571 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height
3.2ft
0.1ft above average
Historical average 3.1ft
Wave Period
3.9s
1s below average
Historical average 4.9s
Water Temperature
15.6°C
4.9°C below average
Historical average 20.5°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 Oct 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
14SSW16.4
23SSW16.3
64SSW16.2
85SW16.7
44SW16.2
24SW16.1
23SW16.1
15SSW16.0
14SW16.2
14SSW16.2
13S16.3
23SE16.3
23ESE16.3
23ESE16.3
23S16.2
23SE16.1
23ESE16.0
34SE15.8
54SSE15.5
65SSW15.4
44SW15.3
24SSW15.2
54SW14.9
55SW14.5
44SW14.5
34SW13.8
44SW14.5
54SW14.9
34SW15.0
44SSW14.9
75S14.8
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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