Start Bay wave buoy daily averages for Apr 2024

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

Last observation shown Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 23:30

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

Monthly averages for 2024

Average Wave Height

2.7ft

0.4 — 10.8ft

Average Wave period

4.2secs

2 — 7secs

Average Wave Direction

SSE

Average Water temperature

11.4°C

10.1 — 11.9°C

Compared With Previous Aprils

Historical baseline from 7,363 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 2.7ft; 0.5ft above average; Historical average 2.2ft
Wave Period: 4.2s; 3s below average; Historical average 7.2s
Water Temperature: 11.4°C; 1°C above average; Historical average 10.4°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 Apr 2024last observation shown Apr 2024
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Apr 1	2	4	S	10.8
Apr 2	5	5	S	10.9
Apr 3	4	5	S	11.0
Apr 4	4	5	S	11.0
Apr 5	5	5	S	11.2
Apr 6	6	5	S	11.3
Apr 7	6	5	S	11.3
Apr 8	5	5	S	11.3
Apr 9	3	5	S	11.2
Apr 10	3	4	S	11.2
Apr 11	2	4	S	11.3
Apr 12	2	4	S	11.3
Apr 13	-	-	-	-
Apr 14	1	4	S	11.5
Apr 15	2	4	S	11.4
Apr 16	1	5	S	11.4
Apr 17	1	5	S	11.4
Apr 18	1	3	ESE	11.4
Apr 19	1	4	SSW	11.5
Apr 20	2	4	E	11.5
Apr 21	1	3	E	11.6
Apr 22	2	4	E	11.6
Apr 23	1	3	SE	11.7
Apr 24	1	4	SE	11.6
Apr 25	1	4	S	11.6
Apr 26	2	4	ESE	11.6
Apr 27	2	4	E	11.5
Apr 28	1	4	ESE	11.6
Apr 29	3	4	S	11.6
Apr 30	4	4	SSE	11.7

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

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