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Cabo Silleiro wave buoy observations on Tue, Aug 18, 2026

Hourly readings from the Cabo Silleiro wave buoy for Tue, Aug 18, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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22 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 3.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.4–4.2 ft), while mean peak wave period was 5.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.3–6.3 seconds). All 66 checked values passed quality control.

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Line chart showing wave height, wave period and sea temperature for Cabo Silleiro. Use the detailed observations table below for the same data in text form.

About Cabo Silleiro wave buoy

Cabo Silleiro is a Puertos del Estado REDEXT deep-water buoy west of the headland that marks the southern entrance to the Rías Baixas. Its offshore position represents Atlantic conditions approaching southern Galicia and northern Portugal before local bathymetry, islands and estuaries modify them.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period and wave direction.

Metrics are rows; hours run left to right. Times use your device time zone.
Cabo Silleiro wave buoy hourly observations Tue, Aug 18, 2026Last observation shown
Metric
Significant wave height (ft)44455443333333--33333333
Maximum wave height (ft)00000000000000--00000000
Peak period (s)65555565656566--66665556
Mean period Tm02 (s)44445444444444--55555555
Peak wave directionNNNNNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNNNNW--NNWNNWNNWNNWNNNN
Mean wave directionNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNNWNNNNNWNNW--NNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNW

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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 Puertos del Estado Portus network.

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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