Start Bay wave buoy daily averages for Feb 2025
Daily averages from the Start Bay wave buoy for Feb 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Average Wave Height
3.8ft
Observed range: 0.8 — 8.3ft
Average Wave period
4.8secs
Observed range: 3 — 9secs
Average Wave Direction
SE
Average Water temperature
9.5°C
Observed range: 8.6 — 10.3°C
Compared With Previous Februarys
Historical baseline from 7,738 observations across 11 years.
- Wave Height
- 3.8ft
- 0.4ft above average
- Historical average 3.4ft
- Wave Period
- 4.8s
- 3.2s below average
- Historical average 8s
- Water Temperature
- 9.5°C
- 0.1°C below average
- Historical average 9.6°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 Sat, Feb 1, 2025
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.