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Seaford wave buoy daily averages for Apr 2025

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

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Period Summary

AI-generated summary. Hog Says

In April 2025, Seaford recorded 1,427 wave buoy observations across 31 observed days, with average wave height of 1.3 ft and period of 3.6 seconds. Wave heights ranged from 0.4 to 7.9 ft, periods from 2 to 6 seconds, and water temperatures from 9.4 to 13.2°C, averaging 10.8°C; wind figures were unavailable.

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Average Wave Height

1.3ft
Observed range: 0.4 — 7.9ft

Average Wave period

3.6secs
Observed range: 2 — 6secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

10.8°C
Observed range: 9.4 — 13.2°C

Compared With Previous Aprils

Historical baseline from 8,688 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height
1.3ft
0.6ft below average
Historical average 1.9ft
Wave Period
3.6s
2.2s below average
Historical average 5.8s
Water Temperature
10.8°C
0.5°C above average
Historical average 10.3°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Seaford. 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 Seaford wave buoy

Seaford is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station off the East Sussex coast. First deployed in October 2008, it measures waves reaching Seaford Bay between Newhaven and Beachy Head. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

Seaford wave buoy daily averages Apr 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
13SE9.5
13SE9.6
13SSE9.8
13SSE10.1
13E10.2
13SE10.2
13SSE10.1
14SSW10.2
14SSW10.1
14SSW10.1
13SSW10.5
13SSE10.4
23SW10.5
13SW10.8
24SW10.8
-4SW10.9
14SW11.2
23S11.2
23SE11.1
14SSW11.0
14SW11.1
23WSW11.3
35SSW11.4
15SW11.4
14SSW11.4
14SSW11.6
15SW11.9
14SSW12.1
13SSW12.2
13S12.4
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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