Sandown Bay wave buoy observations on Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Hourly readings from the Sandown Bay wave buoy for Fri, Dec 16, 2011, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 1.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.1–4.9 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 9.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.9–13.9 seconds). Mean water temperature was 10.4°C (10th–90th percentile 10.3–10.6°C). All 190 checked values passed quality control.
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for Fri, Dec 16, 2011
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.
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| Significant wave height (ft) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maximum wave height (ft) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Peak period (s) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Zero-crossing period (s) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Energy period (s) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wave power, kilowatts per metre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peak wave direction | SSE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SSE | SE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | S | S | S | SSE | S | S | SE | - | - | SSE | S | S | SSE | S | SSE | S | S | SSE | S | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SE | SSE | SSE |
| Directional spread (°) | 22.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 34.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 28.0 | - | - | 35.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 37.0 | 53.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 47.0 | 38.0 | 29.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 37.0 | 29.0 | 24.0 | 37.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 | 28.0 |
| Water temperature(°C) | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
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