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Sandown Bay wave buoy daily means for Oct 2005

Daily means from the Sandown Bay wave buoy for Oct 2005, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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1,488 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.8–3.8 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.7–6.5 seconds). Mean water temperature was 16.3°C (10th–90th percentile 15.7–17.2°C). 2 of 5,933 checked values (0%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.9ft
Mean: 2.1 ft
P10–P90: 0.83.8 ft
Recorded extremes

0.46.2 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.2secs
P10–P90: 3.7 — 6.5secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 16.7secs

Available for 744 of 745 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

SSE

Circular concentration: 90%

Mean Water Temperature

16.3°C
P10–P90: 15.7 — 17.2°C
Recorded extremes

15.5 — 17.6°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 Oct 2005Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)2111211112221233133242144233342
Mean maximum wave height (ft)2112221222342454255363266365563
Mean peak period (s)765454446444455555566656645556-
Mean zero-crossing period (s)4443433343333444344444444344444
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionSconcentration 100%Sconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 96%SEconcentration 98%SEconcentration 99%SEconcentration 98%SEconcentration 96%Sconcentration 96%Sconcentration 99%SEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 100%SEconcentration 76%ESEconcentration 99%ESEconcentration 99%SEconcentration 99%SEconcentration 91%SEconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 96%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 97%SSEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 99%Sconcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)23.626.329.626.724.927.728.627.529.027.725.923.027.421.621.624.129.422.122.622.522.724.022.418.519.123.421.023.422.920.925.5
Mean water temperature(°C)17.517.317.217.116.816.616.516.516.416.516.616.616.616.416.416.316.416.416.416.216.115.915.815.715.615.615.715.815.815.915.9

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

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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