Start Bay wave buoy daily averages for Feb 2024

Daily averages from the Start Bay wave buoy for Feb 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Feb 29, 2024, 22:00

Data available: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 to Mon, Aug 3, 2026

Monthly averages for 2024

Average Wave Height

2.9ft

0.8 — 9.2ft

Average Wave period

4.8secs

3 — 8secs

Average Wave Direction

Average Water temperature

10.4°C

9.6 — 10.9°C

Compared With Previous Februarys

Historical baseline from 6,471 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 2.9ft; 0.6ft below average; Historical average 3.5ft
Wave Period: 4.8s; 3.8s below average; Historical average 8.6s
Water Temperature: 10.4°C; 1°C above average; Historical average 9.4°C

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About Start Bay wave buoy

Start Bay is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station off the south Devon coast. First deployed in April 2007, it measures waves entering the bay between Start Point and the Dartmouth approaches. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

Start Bay wave buoy daily averages Feb 2024last observation shown Feb 2024
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Feb 1	1	5	S	10.1
Feb 2	1	4	S	10.2
Feb 3	1	3	S	10.3
Feb 4	2	3	S	10.3
Feb 5	2	3	S	10.3
Feb 6	3	4	S	10.4
Feb 7	3	5	S	10.5
Feb 8	4	4	SSE	10.6
Feb 9	5	6	S	10.6
Feb 10	4	5	S	10.5
Feb 11	3	6	S	10.5
Feb 12	2	5	S	10.4
Feb 13	3	4	S	10.5
Feb 14	3	4	S	10.6
Feb 15	3	5	S	10.6
Feb 16	2	6	S	10.6
Feb 17	-	-	-	-
Feb 18	2	6	S	10.8
Feb 19	2	6	S	10.7
Feb 20	2	5	S	10.7
Feb 21	5	5	S	10.7
Feb 22	4	5	S	10.7
Feb 23	4	7	S	10.6
Feb 24	3	7	SSW	10.5
Feb 25	6	5	SE	10.5
Feb 26	6	5	E	10.3
Feb 27	3	5	ESE	10.0
Feb 28	2	4	SSE	10.1
Feb 29	2	5	S	10.2

The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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