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Sandown Bay wave buoy daily means for Mar 2004

Daily means from the Sandown Bay wave buoy for Mar 2004, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,485 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.6–3.2 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.8–9.8 seconds). Mean water temperature was 7.1°C (10th–90th percentile 6.2–7.8°C). 12 of 5,643 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.4ft
Mean: 1.8 ft
P10–P90: 0.63.2 ft
Recorded extremes

0.37.8 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6secs
P10–P90: 3.8 — 9.8secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 25secs

Observed Wave Direction

SSE

Circular concentration: 88%

Mean Water Temperature

7.1°C
P10–P90: 6.2 — 7.8°C
Recorded extremes

5.4 — 8.7°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Sandown Bay. 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 Sandown Bay wave buoy

Sandown Bay is a Channel Coastal Observatory National Network wave station off the east coast of the Isle of Wight. Its nearshore record represents conditions entering the bay between Culver Down and Dunnose, helping monitor a developed and erosion-sensitive frontage exposed to English Channel seas.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wave power and sea temperature.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Sandown Bay wave buoy daily means Mar 2004Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)2121111122342422123432111111132
Mean maximum wave height (ft)3132111233574742125542211211143
Mean peak period (s)575610755558666551386678655545554
Mean zero-crossing period (s)3334543444444433444445434433343
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionESEconcentration 97%SEconcentration 91%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 97%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 97%SSEconcentration 89%SEconcentration 99%SEconcentration 97%SEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 96%SEconcentration 98%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 99%SSWconcentration 99%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 85%SEconcentration 95%SEconcentration 97%SEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 95%SSEconcentration 95%SEconcentration 94%ESEconcentration 99%ESEconcentration 95%
Mean directional spread (°)20.827.521.924.428.428.329.426.524.823.026.921.824.119.221.824.926.826.720.420.522.923.824.527.527.825.530.428.125.315.424.2
Mean water temperature(°C)6.06.06.16.36.66.86.96.76.66.56.46.46.66.76.97.27.27.27.37.47.57.67.57.57.57.67.77.88.08.08.2

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

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