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Sevenstones wave buoy daily means for Aug 2016

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

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

725 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 4.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 2–8.5 ft), while the reported wave period averaged 7.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–9 seconds). Typical wind was 18.3 mph (10th–90th percentile 9.2–28.4 mph). 12 of 2,900 checked values (0.4%) were excluded by quality control. Across 6 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 4.2 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

4.3ft
Mean: 4.9 ft
P10–P90: 2 — 8.5 ft
Recorded extremes

0 — 18.4 ft

Available for 720 of 725 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.5secs
P10–P90: 6 — 9secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 12secs

Available for 718 of 725 hourly samples

Typical Observed Wind

W, 18.3mph
Mean: 18.6 mph
P10–P90: 9.2 — 28.4 mph
Recorded extremes

0 — 40.3 mph

Circular concentration: 40%

Mean Water Temperature

-°C
P10–P90: - — -°C

Available for 0 of 725 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Augusts

Historical baseline from 4,209 observations across 6 years.

Wave Height
4.9ft
0.7ft above mean
Historical mean 4.2ft
Wave Period
7.5s
0.5s above mean
Historical mean 7s
Water Temperature
–
Not enough comparable data
Historical mean 16.5°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 Aug 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)37884268544243225481596554324327
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)6789779976667766978988898777679
Mean peak wave direction-------------------------------
Mean wave direction-------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionSWconcentration 90%WSWconcentration 99%WSWconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 98%Wconcentration 93%SWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 98%NWconcentration 94%Nconcentration 97%NNWconcentration 96%WNWconcentration 99%Wconcentration 94%WNWconcentration 67%NEconcentration 93%Econcentration 88%ESEconcentration 97%ESEconcentration 71%Wconcentration 68%SSWconcentration 84%Wconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 91%SSWconcentration 94%Variableconcentration 21%Nconcentration 96%NNWconcentration 88%Wconcentration 61%ESEconcentration 63%Wconcentration 72%Wconcentration 91%Sconcentration 94%Wconcentration 80%
Mean wind speed (mph)2226232215151921191921161211232817162936252112171481419131016
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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