West Bay wave buoy daily averages for May 2022

Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for May 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Tue, May 31, 2022, 23:00

Data available: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 to Thu, Aug 6, 2026

Monthly averages for 2022

Average Wave Height

1.9ft

0.4 — 6.8ft

Average Wave period

4.3secs

2 — 9secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

13.2°C

11.7 — 15.3°C

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 5,278 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height: 1.9ft; 0.3ft below average; Historical average 2.2ft
Wave Period: 4.3s; 3.2s below average; Historical average 7.5s
Water Temperature: 13.2°C; 0.7°C above average; Historical average 12.5°C

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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 May 2022last observation shown May 2022
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
May 1	1	7	SW	11.8
May 2	2	8	SW	11.9
May 3	1	8	SW	12.0
May 4	1	4	SW	12.2
May 5	1	3	SSW	12.7
May 6	1	3	SW	12.5
May 7	1	4	SSW	12.5
May 8	1	3	SSE	12.7
May 9	1	3	S	12.9
May 10	3	4	SW	13.0
May 11	4	4	SW	13.1
May 12	2	4	SW	13.0
May 13	3	4	SW	12.9
May 14	1	4	SSW	13.5
May 15	2	3	SSE	13.1
May 16	3	4	SSW	13.1
May 17	4	5	SW	13.2
May 18	4	6	SW	13.4
May 19	3	6	SW	13.6
May 20	3	4	SW	13.7
May 21	2	4	SSW	14.0
May 22	1	4	SSW	14.4
May 23	1	4	SW	14.2
May 24	2	4	SSW	13.8
May 25	4	4	SW	13.6
May 26	3	4	SSW	13.6
May 27	2	4	SSW	14.0
May 28	1	5	SSW	13.8
May 29	1	3	S	13.8
May 30	1	4	S	14.0
May 31	2	3	SW	14.0

The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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