Start Bay wave buoy daily averages for Jul 2024

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

Last observation shown Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 23:30

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

Monthly averages for 2024

Average Wave Height

1.2ft

0.4 — 6.9ft

Average Wave period

3.7secs

2 — 7secs

Average Wave Direction

SSE

Average Water temperature

16.2°C

15.2 — 20.9°C

Compared With Previous Julys

Historical baseline from 7,719 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 1.2ft; 0.1ft below average; Historical average 1.3ft
Wave Period: 3.7s; 2.3s below average; Historical average 6s
Water Temperature: 16.2°C; 0.1°C above average; Historical average 16.1°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 Jul 2024last observation shown Jul 2024
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Jul 1	1	4	S	15.7
Jul 2	1	4	SSE	15.9
Jul 3	1	4	S	15.9
Jul 4	1	4	S	15.8
Jul 5	2	4	S	15.6
Jul 6	2	4	S	15.5
Jul 7	2	4	SSE	15.5
Jul 8	3	4	SSE	15.3
Jul 9	4	4	SE	15.4
Jul 10	2	4	S	15.5
Jul 11	1	4	S	15.6
Jul 12	1	4	ESE	15.6
Jul 13	1	4	ESE	15.9
Jul 14	1	3	ESE	16.3
Jul 15	1	3	SE	16.3
Jul 16	1	4	S	16.2
Jul 17	1	5	S	16.6
Jul 18	1	3	SE	17.2
Jul 19	1	3	SSE	16.9
Jul 20	2	3	S	16.3
Jul 21	1	4	S	16.2
Jul 22	2	4	S	16.2
Jul 23	1	5	SSE	16.2
Jul 24	1	4	SSE	16.0
Jul 25	2	4	S	16.1
Jul 26	1	4	SSE	16.2
Jul 27	1	4	S	16.2
Jul 28	1	4	S	16.6
Jul 29	1	3	ESE	16.8
Jul 30	1	3	ESE	18.2
Jul 31	1	3	E	18.3

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

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