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Sevenstones wave buoy daily means for Aug 2017

Daily means from the Sevenstones wave buoy for Aug 2017, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

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743 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 3.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 2–6.6 ft), while the reported wave period averaged 7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–8 seconds). Typical wind was 17.2 mph (10th–90th percentile 8.3–25.3 mph) and mean water temperature was 16.5°C (10th–90th percentile 15.9–17.2°C). All 3,715 checked values passed quality control. Across 7 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 4.3 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

3.6ft
Mean: 4 ft
P10–P90: 2 — 6.6 ft
Recorded extremes

1 — 12.8 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

7secs
P10–P90: 6 — 8secs
Recorded extremes

5 — 10secs

Typical Observed Wind

W, 17.2mph
Mean: 17.4 mph
P10–P90: 8.3 — 25.3 mph
Recorded extremes

3.4 — 38 mph

Circular concentration: 51%

Mean Water Temperature

16.5°C
P10–P90: 15.9 — 17.2°C
Recorded extremes

15.4 — 18.5°C

Compared With Previous Augusts

Historical baseline from 4,931 observations across 7 years.

Wave Height
4ft
0.3ft below mean
Historical mean 4.3ft
Wave Period
7s
0.1s below mean
Historical mean 7.1s
Water Temperature
16.5°C
In line with the historical mean
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 2017Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)4610644545334322447QC rejected444443221344
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)7788768766676666778778877777787
Mean peak wave direction-------------------------------
Mean wave direction-------------------------------
Mean directional spread (°)-------------------------------
Mean wind directionSWconcentration 93%SSWconcentration 94%WSWconcentration 97%Wconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 93%Wconcentration 86%NWconcentration 95%Nconcentration 98%NNWconcentration 91%Wconcentration 95%WNWconcentration 96%SWconcentration 71%SSWconcentration 92%Wconcentration 93%Sconcentration 98%SWconcentration 94%Wconcentration 98%WNWconcentration 97%SWconcentration 86%SSWconcentration 82%SEconcentration 60%WSWconcentration 98%WSWconcentration 92%Sconcentration 91%ENEconcentration 86%NEconcentration 87%NNWconcentration 73%NWconcentration 86%NWconcentration 75%WNWconcentration 76%
Mean wind speed (mph)1525261922191319251521191321132320282120152015118888171716
Mean water temperature(°C)15.815.916.016.116.216.216.416.416.216.216.316.116.316.516.516.616.016.116.516.516.616.416.516.916.817.317.217.417.416.916.9

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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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