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Sevenstones wave buoy daily means for Dec 2011

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

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

723 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 10.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 5.9–16.1 ft), while the reported wave period averaged 8.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7–10 seconds). Typical wind was 29.9 mph (10th–90th percentile 19.6–40.3 mph) and mean water temperature was 11.8°C (10th–90th percentile 11.4–12.5°C). 7 of 3,603 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 4.8 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7.3 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

10.2ft
Mean: 10.5 ft
P10–P90: 5.9 — 16.1 ft
Recorded extremes

3.6 — 27.6 ft

Available for 721 of 723 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

8.9secs
P10–P90: 7 — 10secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 14secs

Available for 719 of 723 hourly samples

Typical Observed Wind

WNW, 29.9mph
Mean: 29.4 mph
P10–P90: 19.6 — 40.3 mph
Recorded extremes

6.9 — 54.1 mph

Circular concentration: 78%

Available for 715 of 723 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

11.8°C
P10–P90: 11.4 — 12.5°C
Recorded extremes

11.2 — 12.7°C

Available for 720 of 723 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 741 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height
10.5ft
5.7ft above mean
Historical mean 4.8ft
Wave Period
8.9s
1.6s above mean
Historical mean 7.3s
Water Temperature
11.8°C
1.7°C above mean
Historical mean 10.1°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 Dec 2011Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)1191291091311105817181620141376676119101010111288
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)999988999991110101199877789999109988
Mean peak wave direction-------------------------------
Mean wave direction-------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionWNWconcentration 91%WNWconcentration 85%WNWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 95%NWconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 95%WSWconcentration 88%NWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 77%WSWconcentration 79%WSWconcentration 81%Wconcentration 98%Wconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 39%NWconcentration 95%NNWconcentration 98%NNWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 92%WNWconcentration 82%NWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 91%Wconcentration 49%Wconcentration 89%WSWconcentration 98%SWconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 94%WNWconcentration 82%WNWconcentration 97%Wconcentration 98%Wconcentration 98%
Mean wind speed (mph)18282928313333362215293641353136342427252920342829262436373129
Mean water temperature(°C)12.612.512.612.512.312.312.412.412.112.012.112.011.811.611.611.511.411.411.511.611.711.711.611.511.611.611.611.411.311.511.6

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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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