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Sevenstones wave buoy daily means for Nov 2011

Daily means from the Sevenstones wave buoy for Nov 2011, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

709 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 8.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.3–12.1 ft), while the reported wave period averaged 9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7–11 seconds). Typical wind was 23 mph (10th–90th percentile 12.7–34.5 mph) and mean water temperature was 13.2°C (10th–90th percentile 12.9–13.4°C). 3 of 3,541 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 7.8 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 8.2 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

8.5ft
Mean: 8.4 ft
P10–P90: 4.3 — 12.1 ft
Recorded extremes

2.6 — 16.1 ft

Available for 705 of 709 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

9secs
P10–P90: 7 — 11secs
Recorded extremes

6 — 12secs

Typical Observed Wind

S, 23mph
Mean: 23.2 mph
P10–P90: 12.7 — 34.5 mph
Recorded extremes

4.6 — 49.5 mph

Circular concentration: 37%

Available for 706 of 709 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

13.2°C
P10–P90: 12.9 — 13.4°C
Recorded extremes

11.3 — 13.6°C

Compared With Previous Novembers

Historical baseline from 714 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height
8.4ft
0.6ft above mean
Historical mean 7.8ft
Wave Period
9s
0.8s above mean
Historical mean 8.2s
Water Temperature
13.2°C
1.1°C above mean
Historical mean 12.1°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Sevenstones. 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 Sevenstones wave buoy

Sevenstones Lightship (WMO 62107) is a UK Met Office station west of Land's End, near the Seven Stones reef in the Western Approaches. Its exposed offshore position shows Atlantic systems before they reach Cornwall and the western English Channel and provides context for a notoriously hazardous shipping area.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wind conditions, sea temperature, separate swell and wind-sea components and wave spectra.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Sevenstones wave buoy daily means Nov 2011Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)11101296544798888539101175991011812101213
Mean maximum wave height (ft)------------------------------
Mean maximum crest height (ft)------------------------------
Mean maximum trough height (ft)------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)------------------------------
Mean average period (s)------------------------------
Mean period Tm02 (s)------------------------------
Mean zero-crossing period (s)------------------------------
Mean maximum wave period (s)------------------------------
Mean reported period (s)118101098899989886799109911109108101089
Mean peak wave direction------------------------------
Mean wave direction------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)------------------------------
Mean wind directionSWconcentration 78%SSEconcentration 97%Sconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 69%Nconcentration 98%Nconcentration 97%ENEconcentration 93%SEconcentration 79%Sconcentration 97%SEconcentration 87%SSEconcentration 92%SEconcentration 78%ESEconcentration 98%ESEconcentration 96%Econcentration 98%SSEconcentration 59%SSWconcentration 89%Sconcentration 97%SEconcentration 94%SEconcentration 83%Variableconcentration 7%NNWconcentration 85%SWconcentration 95%SSWconcentration 95%Wconcentration 95%WSWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 74%Sconcentration 96%SWconcentration 68%SWconcentration 93%
Mean wind speed (mph)19322313212115162120282236313018272820159191927262821263630
Mean water temperature(°C)13.513.513.513.513.313.213.113.213.313.313.313.313.313.213.313.213.213.213.213.113.113.113.013.013.012.912.912.812.812.7

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Wave metric colour key

Colours move through the scale as each number increases. They do not by themselves mean that conditions are good, safe or suitable for you.

Wave & swell height0–40+ ft
Wave & swell period0–22+ s
Wind speed0–75 mph

The displayed numbers remain the source of truth; colour is an additional visual cue.

What does buoy wave power mean?

kW/m means kilowatts of wave power per metre of wave crest. It describes the rate at which the observed sea state carries energy past the buoy.

Unlike the shore-directed forecast value, buoy wave power is the total power at the observation point. It is not projected towards a particular beach and does not predict breaking wave height.

In deep water, wave power can be calculated with:

P is approximately 0.49 times significant wave height squared times wave energy period.

P is power in kW/m, Hs is significant wave height in metres, and Te is wave energy period in seconds.

  • Provider-reported power is used when available.
  • Otherwise, a value is calculated only when both significant height and a genuine energy period are available. The ≈ symbol marks calculated values.
  • A dash is shown instead of substituting peak, Tm02, zero-crossing or other period measurements.
  • Daily and monthly figures use the mean of hourly-normalized observation power values; they are not calculated from mean height and period.

Wave direction, spectrum, water depth and local bathymetry still matter. Wave power is best read alongside height, period and direction rather than as a standalone surf-quality score.

The observation data displayed on this page is from the Met Office Marine observations.

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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