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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.

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In 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.

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Average Wave Height

3.3ft
Observed range: 0.7 — 11.1ft

Average Wave period

8.5secs
Observed range: 2 — 22secs

Available for 722 of 735 observations

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

9.4°C
Observed range: 8.1 — 10.3°C

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.

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 Mar 2020last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
69SW9.3
49SW9.2
411SSW9.1
49SSW9.1
210SSW9.1
311SW9.0
49SSW9.1
79SSW9.2
59SW9.2
67SW9.4
67SSW9.6
67SW9.5
47SSW9.4
57SSW9.5
57SSW9.5
210SW9.6
35SW9.6
35SW9.7
113SSW9.7
28SSE9.6
38SSE9.5
27SSE9.4
36SSE9.4
215S9.5
212S9.6
111SSW9.6
110S9.6
18SSE9.5
28SSE9.4
17SSE9.2
16SSE9.2
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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