West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Mar 2020
Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Mar 2020, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
AI-generated summary. Hog SaysIn March 2020, West Bay recorded complete daily coverage, with an average wave height of 3.3 ft and periods averaging 8.5 seconds. Wave heights ranged from 0.7 to 11.1 ft, periods from 2 to 22 seconds, and water temperatures averaged 9.4°C; 13 suspect values were excluded, representing 0.4% of checked values.
Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.
Average Wave Height
Average Wave period
Available for 722 of 735 observations
Average Wave Direction
Average Water temperature
Compared With Previous Marchs
Historical baseline from 4,199 observations across 6 years.
- Wave Height
- 3.3ft
- 0.2ft above average
- Historical average 3.1ft
- Wave Period
- 8.5s
- 1.3s below average
- Historical average 9.8s
- Water Temperature
- 9.4°C
- 0.6°C above average
- Historical average 8.8°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.
Sorry, there is no wave data for Sun, Mar 1, 2020
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.