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Sevenstones wave buoy daily means for Feb 2016

Daily means from the Sevenstones wave buoy for Feb 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

678 wave-buoy observations covered all 29 days. Typical wave height was 10.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 4.3–16.7 ft), while the reported wave period averaged 9.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 7–11 seconds). Typical wind was 26.4 mph (10th–90th percentile 12.8–36.9 mph). 21 of 2,712 checked values (0.8%) were excluded by quality control. Across 5 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 9.4 ft and mean wave period was the same as the same-month mean of 9.2 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

10.2ft
Mean: 10.4 ft
P10–P90: 4.3 — 16.7 ft
Recorded extremes

2.6 — 38.4 ft

Available for 666 of 678 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

9.2secs
P10–P90: 7 — 11secs
Recorded extremes

6 — 14secs

Available for 669 of 678 hourly samples

Typical Observed Wind

W, 26.4mph
Mean: 25.8 mph
P10–P90: 12.8 — 36.9 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 59.9 mph

Circular concentration: 41%

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 678 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Februarys

Historical baseline from 3,331 observations across 5 years.

Wave Height
10.4ft
1ft above mean
Historical mean 9.4ft
Wave Period
9.2s
In line with the historical mean
Historical mean 9.2s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 9.6°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 Feb 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)1416116913182918138710111181211101111106447853
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)101198891012119981010109101210991010797878
Mean peak wave direction-----------------------------
Mean wave direction-----------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-----------------------------
Mean wind directionWSWconcentration 99%WNWconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 89%Wconcentration 95%SWconcentration 94%SWconcentration 86%WSWconcentration 96%Wconcentration 100%WNWconcentration 90%WNWconcentration 96%WSWconcentration 86%Wconcentration 64%WNWconcentration 37%Nconcentration 57%Nconcentration 97%SSWconcentration 95%NNWconcentration 45%WNWconcentration 86%WSWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 98%NNWconcentration 57%NNEconcentration 75%NEconcentration 91%Variableconcentration 15%SEconcentration 94%Econcentration 81%NEconcentration 95%SSWconcentration 41%
Mean wind speed (mph)2930282227333947332821222124212427162633281914241132272515
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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