Start Bay wave buoy daily averages for May 2024

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

Last observation shown Fri, May 31, 2024, 23:30

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

Monthly averages for 2024

Average Wave Height

1.5ft

0.5 — 5.9ft

Average Wave period

3.9secs

2 — 7secs

Average Wave Direction

SSE

Average Water temperature

13.3°C

11.1 — 17°C

Available for 1,482 of 1,483 observations

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 7,866 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 1.5ft; 0.3ft below average; Historical average 1.8ft
Wave Period: 3.9s; 2.6s below average; Historical average 6.5s
Water Temperature: 13.3°C; 1.2°C above average; Historical average 12.1°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 May 2024last observation shown May 2024
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
May 1	2	5	S	12.0
May 2	1	4	S	11.8
May 3	1	4	S	11.9
May 4	1	3	SSE	11.9
May 5	2	4	S	12.2
May 6	1	5	S	12.2
May 7	1	4	S	12.4
May 8	1	4	SSE	12.6
May 9	1	3	SE	12.6
May 10	1	3	SSE	13.0
May 11	2	3	ESE	12.9
May 12	1	4	SE	13.2
May 13	3	4	SSE	13.1
May 14	4	4	SSE	13.2
May 15	3	4	SE	13.3
May 16	2	4	SE	13.8
May 17	1	3	SSE	13.8
May 18	1	5	S	14.2
May 19	1	3	SE	14.1
May 20	1	3	ESE	14.6
May 21	1	4	E	14.7
May 22	1	4	SSE	14.2
May 23	1	5	S	13.7
May 24	1	4	S	13.6
May 25	1	4	SSE	13.7
May 26	2	4	S	13.7
May 27	2	4	S	13.7
May 28	3	4	S	13.7
May 29	1	4	S	13.7
May 30	1	4	S	13.6
May 31	1	4	SSE	13.7

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

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