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Scarborough wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2025

Daily averages from the Scarborough wave buoy for Oct 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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In October 2025, Scarborough recorded 1,478 wave buoy observations across all 31 days. Average wave height was 4 ft, with a range of 0.8–16 ft, while the average wave period was 5 seconds, ranging from 2–9 seconds; water temperature averaged 12.4°C, from 11.4–13°C.

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Average Wave Height

4ft
Observed range: 0.8 — 16ft

Average Wave period

5secs
Observed range: 2 — 9secs

Average Wave Direction

NNE

Average Water temperature

12.4°C
Observed range: 11.4 — 13°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 7,623 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
4ft
0.1ft above average
Historical average 3.9ft
Wave Period
5s
1.6s below average
Historical average 6.6s
Water Temperature
12.4°C
0.2°C below average
Historical average 12.6°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 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
23ESE13.0
24ESE13.0
44ESE13.0
44WNW12.7
97N12.6
46N12.7
14NNE12.6
24N12.6
24NNE12.6
26NNE12.6
36NNE12.6
26NNE12.6
26NNE12.6
24NNE12.6
34NE12.5
35NNE12.5
35NNE12.5
36NNE12.4
54ESE12.5
45E12.5
24ENE12.5
36NNE12.4
65N12.4
86N12.2
137N12.1
118NNE11.9
86N11.8
56NNE11.7
35N11.6
45NNE11.6
54ESE11.5
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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