Rustington wave buoy observations on Wed, Sep 17, 2025

Hourly readings from the Rustington wave buoy for Wed, Sep 17, 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 00:00

Oldest observation available Sun, Jul 3, 2016

Daily averages for Sep 2025

Period Summary

Hog Says

At Rustington on Wednesday 17 September 2025, 31 wave observations covered 65% of the period across two observed days. Wave height averaged 4.6 ft (2.9–6.6 ft), and wave period averaged 4.1 seconds (3–5 seconds); water temperature averaged 17.8°C (17.5–18°C), while wind data were unavailable.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

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 Wed, Sep 17, 2025last observation shown Thu, Sep 18, 2025
Hour	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Wed 01:00	3	4	SW	17.5
Wed 01:30	3	4	SW	17.5
Wed 02:00	3	4	SW	17.5
Wed 02:30	3	4	SW	17.5
Wed 03:00	3	3	SW	17.5
Wed 03:30	3	3	SW	17.6
Wed 04:00	3	3	SW	17.7
Wed 04:30	3	3	SW	17.7
Wed 05:00	3	3	SW	17.7
Wed 05:30	3	3	SW	17.7
Wed 06:00	4	3	SW	17.8
Wed 06:30	4	3	SW	17.8
Wed 07:00	4	4	SW	17.8
Wed 07:30	4	4	SW	17.8
Wed 08:00	4	4	SW	17.8
Wed 08:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 09:00	4	4	SW	17.8
Wed 09:30	5	5	SW	17.8
Wed 10:00	6	5	SW	17.7
Wed 10:30	6	5	SW	17.7
Wed 11:00	6	5	SW	17.7
Wed 11:30	7	5	SW	17.7
Wed 12:00	5	4	SW	17.9
Wed 12:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 13:00	-	-	-	-
Wed 13:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 14:00	-	-	-	-
Wed 14:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 15:00	-	-	-	-
Wed 15:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 16:00	-	-	-	-
Wed 16:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 17:00	-	-	-	-
Wed 17:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 18:00	-	-	-	-
Wed 18:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 19:00	5	4	SW	18.0
Wed 19:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 20:00	6	4	SW	17.9
Wed 20:30	-	-	-	-
Wed 21:00	6	5	SW	17.9
Wed 21:30	6	5	SW	17.9
Wed 22:00	6	5	SW	17.9
Wed 22:30	6	5	SW	18.0
Wed 23:00	6	5	SW	18.0
Wed 23:30	6	5	SW	18.0
Thu 00:00	5	5	SW	17.9
Thu 00:30	-	-	-	-

The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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