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Sevenstones wave buoy daily means for Dec 2012

Daily means from the Sevenstones wave buoy for Dec 2012, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

742 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 9.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.3–14.1 ft), while the reported wave period averaged 8.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7–10 seconds). Typical wind was 23 mph (10th–90th percentile 10.3–33.4 mph). 14 of 2,919 checked values (0.5%) were excluded by quality control. Across 2 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 7.6 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 8.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

9.5ft
Mean: 9.4 ft
P10–P90: 4.3 — 14.1 ft
Recorded extremes

2.6 — 21 ft

Available for 728 of 742 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

8.7secs
P10–P90: 7 — 10secs
Recorded extremes

6 — 12secs

Available for 732 of 742 hourly samples

Typical Observed Wind

W, 23mph
Mean: 22.9 mph
P10–P90: 10.3 — 33.4 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 48.3 mph

Circular concentration: 46%

Available for 717 of 742 hourly samples

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 742 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 1,464 observations across 2 years.

Wave Height
9.4ft
1.8ft above mean
Historical mean 7.6ft
Wave Period
8.7s
0.6s above mean
Historical mean 8.1s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 11°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 2012Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)7691310610533467913151596981011811111512161413
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)9999988768779810101097109899881091099
Mean peak wave direction-------------------------------
Mean wave direction-------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionNconcentration 78%WNWconcentration 68%WNWconcentration 94%NWconcentration 98%Nconcentration 97%Wconcentration 89%NNWconcentration 97%NNWconcentration 94%WNWconcentration 97%NEconcentration 88%ESEconcentration 94%SSEconcentration 96%SEconcentration 96%SWconcentration 68%WSWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 97%WNWconcentration 98%Variableconcentration 19%Sconcentration 71%WNWconcentration 52%SWconcentration 78%SWconcentration 99%SWconcentration 93%SSWconcentration 83%Wconcentration 84%Wconcentration 94%Wconcentration 84%SSWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 90%WSWconcentration 91%WSWconcentration 82%
Mean wind speed (mph)11162533221531141813212521262625301815151531191630312831313127
Mean water temperature(°C)-------------------------------

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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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