Start Bay wave buoy daily averages for Sep 2024
Daily averages from the Start Bay wave buoy for Sep 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Average Wave Height
1.8ft
Observed range: 0.5 — 11.4ft
Average Wave period
4.2secs
Observed range: 2 — 8secs
Average Wave Direction
SE
Average Water temperature
17.2°C
Observed range: 16.3 — 17.9°C
Compared With Previous Septembers
Historical baseline from 7,044 observations across 10 years.
- Wave Height
- 1.8ft
- 0.1ft below average
- Historical average 1.9ft
- Wave Period
- 4.2s
- 2.1s below average
- Historical average 6.3s
- Water Temperature
- 17.2°C
- In line with the historical average
- Historical average 17.2°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.
Sorry, there is no wave data for Sun, Sep 1, 2024
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.
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.