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Scarborough wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2018

Daily averages from the Scarborough wave buoy for Oct 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Scarborough wave buoy recorded daily averages throughout October 2018, with 743 observations across all 31 days. Average wave height was 4.1 ft and period 8.2 seconds, while water temperature averaged 12.2°C; wind data were unavailable. Across four historical same-month records, average wave height was 3.7 ft, wave period 7.8 seconds and water temperature 12.8°C.

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Average Wave Height

4.1ft
Observed range: 0.7 — 15.1ft

Average Wave period

8.2secs
Observed range: 2 — 29secs

Available for 729 of 743 observations

Average Wave Direction

NNE

Average Water temperature

12.2°C
Observed range: 11 — 12.7°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 2,958 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
4.1ft
0.4ft above average
Historical average 3.7ft
Wave Period
8.2s
0.4s above average
Historical average 7.8s
Water Temperature
12.2°C
0.6°C below average
Historical average 12.8°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Scarborough. 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 Scarborough wave buoy

Scarborough is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station off the North Yorkshire coast. Deployed in January 2013, it records North Sea waves approaching Scarborough's bays and the neighbouring coastline. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

Scarborough wave buoy daily averages Oct 2018last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
89N12.5
511N12.5
610N12.4
210NNE12.5
211N12.5
47NNE12.4
38NNE12.3
24SSW12.2
24S12.3
26ESE12.3
46ESE12.3
56ESE12.4
47SE12.6
35NE12.6
35ENE12.5
26ENE12.6
19NE12.6
26N12.5
112NNE12.5
115NNE12.4
28NNW12.4
37N12.3
57NNW12.2
510N12.2
511NNE12.2
79N12.0
1310N11.8
89NNE11.6
68NE11.4
1110NE11.3
59NE11.1
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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