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Sandown Bay wave buoy daily means for Sep 2005

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

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Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,439 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 1 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.5–2.3 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.5–9.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 18.5°C (10th–90th percentile 17.8–19.1°C). 13 of 5,702 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1ft
Mean: 1.2 ft
P10–P90: 0.52.3 ft
Recorded extremes

0.34.3 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6secs
P10–P90: 3.5 — 9.2secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 20secs

Available for 716 of 720 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

SSE

Circular concentration: 89%

Mean Water Temperature

18.5°C
P10–P90: 17.8 — 19.1°C
Recorded extremes

17.4 — 19.4°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 Sep 2005Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)112211111111112211111111222212
Mean maximum wave height (ft)213312111111123321111122334323
Mean peak period (s)554456656698-555666676545581065
Mean zero-crossing period (s)343333334443433444334433344443
Mean energy period (s)------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionSconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 95%ESEconcentration 99%ESEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 92%SSEconcentration 90%Sconcentration 95%Sconcentration 97%SSEconcentration 96%SSEconcentration 97%Sconcentration 91%SEconcentration 91%Sconcentration 99%SSWconcentration 100%SSWconcentration 100%ESEconcentration 86%SEconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 95%SSEconcentration 89%Sconcentration 95%Sconcentration 94%SSEconcentration 95%Sconcentration 97%SSEconcentration 90%Sconcentration 94%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 100%
Mean directional spread (°)23.828.723.124.529.328.731.329.031.130.533.731.232.719.920.922.426.628.934.030.830.631.926.228.321.520.725.224.822.920.1
Mean water temperature(°C)18.918.818.818.918.919.019.119.119.119.119.118.919.018.918.918.718.418.418.518.418.318.318.218.018.017.917.917.717.617.6

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

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