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Start Bay wave buoy daily averages for Jun 2024

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

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Average Wave Height

1.2ft
Observed range: 0.3 — 5.9ft

Average Wave period

3.8secs
Observed range: 2 — 6secs

Average Wave Direction

SSE

Average Water temperature

14.7°C
Observed range: 13.6 — 19°C

Available for 1,422 of 1,423 observations

Compared With Previous Junes

Historical baseline from 7,783 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
1.2ft
0.3ft below average
Historical average 1.5ft
Wave Period
3.8s
2.4s below average
Historical average 6.2s
Water Temperature
14.7°C
0.2°C above average
Historical average 14.5°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Start Bay. 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 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 Jun 2024last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
14ESE14.0
14ESE14.6
14E14.6
13S14.3
14SE14.2
14SSE14.0
13S14.1
14SSE14.1
14SE14.1
14SSE14.1
14SE14.1
13SSE14.3
34S14.2
34S14.2
34S14.2
24S14.3
14S14.8
13ESE14.6
24E14.7
24E15.0
13SE14.9
24S15.0
15SSE15.0
15S15.2
14S15.5
14SSE15.9
14S15.6
14S15.3
14SSE15.6
14SSE15.6
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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