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Rustington wave buoy daily averages for Aug 2025

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

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Period Summary

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Rustington recorded 1,497 wave buoy observations across 32 observed days in August 2025. Average wave height was 2.1 ft, ranging from 0.4 to 6.4 ft, while the average wave period was 3.4 seconds, ranging from 2 to 6 seconds. Water temperature averaged 19.7°C; wind observations were unavailable.

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Average Wave Height

2.1ft
Observed range: 0.4 — 6.4ft

Average Wave period

3.4secs
Observed range: 2 — 6secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

19.7°C
Observed range: 18.5 — 20.8°C

Compared With Previous Augusts

Historical baseline from 8,117 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height
2.1ft
0.1ft below average
Historical average 2.2ft
Wave Period
3.4s
0.9s below average
Historical average 4.3s
Water Temperature
19.7°C
0.1°C above average
Historical average 19.6°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 Aug 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
13W20.1
13WSW19.8
33SW20.0
44SW19.7
23SW19.0
14SW19.4
23SW19.4
23SW19.4
23SW19.5
14SSW19.7
13SE19.9
23S19.9
13SW20.0
23SW20.1
13SSW20.3
23ESE20.2
33ESE19.9
23ESE19.7
23ESE19.7
23ESE19.7
13ENE19.5
13S19.5
13SSW19.5
23SE19.6
23SSE19.6
34SSW19.7
34SSW19.8
34SW19.7
44SSW19.6
54SSW19.5
44SW19.1
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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