Sandown Bay wave buoy daily means for Jul 2019

Daily means from the Sandown Bay wave buoy for Jul 2019, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 23:30

Data available: Wed, Jul 16, 2003 to Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Monthly means for 2019

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,485 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 0.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.4–1.8 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3–7.4 seconds). Mean water temperature was 18.5°C (10th–90th percentile 17.4–19.3°C). 9 of 5,870 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 9 comparable years, mean wave height was the same as the same-month mean of 1.1 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 4.9 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

0.9ft

Mean: 1.1 ft

P10–P90: 0.4 — 1.8 ft

Recorded extremes

0.3 — 8.4 ft

Available for 742 of 744 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.1secs

P10–P90: 3 — 7.4secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 14.3secs

Available for 740 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

SSE

Circular concentration: 90%

Mean Water Temperature

18.5°C

P10–P90: 17.4 — 19.3°C

Recorded extremes

16.9 — 20.1°C

Available for 742 of 744 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Julys

Historical baseline from 13,017 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height: 1.1ft; 0ft below mean; Historical mean 1.115ft
Wave Period: 5.1s; 0.2s above mean; Historical mean 4.9s
Water Temperature: 18.5°C; 0.7°C above mean; Historical mean 17.8°C

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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.

Sandown Bay wave buoy daily means Jul 2019Last observation shown Jul 2019
Metric	Jul 1	Jul 2	Jul 3	Jul 4	Jul 5	Jul 6	Jul 7	Jul 8	Jul 9	Jul 10	Jul 11	Jul 12	Jul 13	Jul 14	Jul 15	Jul 16	Jul 17	Jul 18	Jul 19	Jul 20	Jul 21	Jul 22	Jul 23	Jul 24	Jul 25	Jul 26	Jul 27	Jul 28	Jul 29	Jul 30	Jul 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	QC rejected	2
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	7	3
Mean peak period (s)	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	4	6	4	4	5	7	5	4	5	4	5	5	7	6	12	9	4	4	6	6
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	Sconcentration 98%	SSEconcentration 89%	SEconcentration 97%	SEconcentration 98%	SSEconcentration 96%	SSEconcentration 88%	ESEconcentration 96%	SEconcentration 97%	SEconcentration 94%	SSEconcentration 94%	Sconcentration 95%	Sconcentration 97%	SSEconcentration 97%	SEconcentration 94%	SEconcentration 96%	SSEconcentration 96%	Sconcentration 97%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 100%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 98%	SEconcentration 82%	SSEconcentration 86%	SSEconcentration 89%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 98%	Sconcentration 99%	SSEconcentration 84%	Sconcentration 96%	Sconcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)	26.0	29.9	29.1	26.5	32.8	30.9	27.2	29.4	31.3	32.9	27.9	29.0	31.9	29.5	28.1	30.5	32.2	24.8	22.8	22.0	26.5	24.2	25.4	28.8	29.0	34.6	31.0	24.2	26.8	20.9	22.3
Mean water temperature(°C)	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.6	17.8	17.9	17.9	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.5	18.5	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.8	19.0	19.3	19.4	19.4	19.3	19.3	19.4	19.2	19.1

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