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West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Sep 2015

Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Sep 2015, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Average Wave Height

2.1ft
Observed range: 0.3 — 10ft

Average Wave period

6.6secs
Observed range: 2 — 17secs

Available for 695 of 712 observations

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

16.4°C
Observed range: 15.6 — 17.3°C

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 720 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height
2.1ft
0.8ft above average
Historical average 1.3ft
Wave Period
6.6s
2.8s below average
Historical average 9.4s
Water Temperature
16.4°C
1.3°C below average
Historical average 17.7°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for West 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 West Bay wave buoy

West Bay is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station off the Dorset coast near Bridport. First deployed in November 2006, it measures waves approaching the exposed section of Lyme Bay around West Bay. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

West Bay wave buoy daily averages Sep 2015last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
17SSW17.1
14SW17.1
13WSW16.9
15SSW16.8
110SW16.7
17SSW16.7
111SW16.7
15SSE16.8
26SSE16.7
28S16.7
27S16.7
46SSW16.8
35S16.8
68SW16.8
66SSW16.5
17S16.3
39SW16.2
37SSW16.3
17SW16.4
16SSW16.4
35SW16.3
37SW16.1
36SW15.9
35SSW16.0
28SSW16.1
18S16.0
15SSE15.9
26SSE15.9
27SSE15.9
27SSE15.8
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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