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Rustington wave buoy daily averages for Feb 2025

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

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Period Summary

AI-generated summary. Hog Says

Rustington’s wave buoy recorded 1,331 observations across all 28 days of February 2025. Average wave height was 3.1 ft, with a 4.2-second period, while water temperature averaged 7.4°C; wind data was unavailable. Across eight previous Februarys, averages were 3.7 ft, 6.4 seconds and 13.6°C respectively.

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Average Wave Height

3.1ft
Observed range: 0.4 — 8.7ft

Average Wave period

4.2secs
Observed range: 2 — 9secs

Average Wave Direction

S

Average Water temperature

7.4°C
Observed range: 6.7 — 8.4°C

Compared With Previous Februarys

Historical baseline from 5,802 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
3.1ft
0.6ft below average
Historical average 3.7ft
Wave Period
4.2s
2.2s below average
Historical average 6.4s
Water Temperature
7.4°C
6.2°C below average
Historical average 13.6°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.

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 Feb 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
23SSE7.8
24S7.7
35SSW7.7
45SSW7.7
37SSW7.7
34S7.7
44ESE7.7
34SE7.7
23ESE7.6
23ESE7.6
14SSE7.5
13S7.4
23SSW7.4
44SE7.3
44SE7.2
34ESE7.0
34ESE6.9
44ESE6.9
45S6.9
54SSW6.8
55SSW6.9
46SSW7.0
55SSW7.2
65SSW8.0
36SSW8.0
34SSW7.8
24SW7.6
14S7.5
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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