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Rustington wave buoy observations on Thu, Mar 20, 2025

Hourly readings from the Rustington wave buoy for Thu, Mar 20, 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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On Thursday 20 March 2025, Rustington recorded 47 wave-buoy observations, covering 49% of the day. Wave height averaged 0.9 ft, ranging from 0.6 to 1.6 ft, while wave periods averaged 4.1 seconds, ranging from 2 to 8 seconds; water temperature averaged 8.8°C, with a 7.9–13.9°C range. Wind observations were unavailable.

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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Rustington. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

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 hourly observations Thu, Mar 20, 2025last observation shown
HourWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
14SW7.9
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14SW7.9
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14SW8.0
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14SW8.0
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15SW8.0
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15SW8.0
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15SW8.0
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15WSW8.1
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14SW8.1
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14SSW8.1
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14SW8.1
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14SSW8.1
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14SSW8.1
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14SW8.1
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14SSW8.2
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14SSW8.2
14SSW8.2
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14SSW8.2
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13SSW8.2
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13SSW8.2
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14SSW8.2
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18SW13.8
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17S13.9
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18WSW13.5
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18W12.6
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18SW12.1
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14SW8.3
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14SSW8.4
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14SW8.6
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14SW8.6
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14SW8.6
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14SW8.5
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13SW8.5
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13SW8.5
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13SW8.5
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13SW8.5
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13SW8.6
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13SW8.6
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13SW8.6
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12SW8.6
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12ESE8.6
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12ESE8.6
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13ESE8.6
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13ESE8.6
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13ESE8.4
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13ESE8.4
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23ESE8.4
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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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