West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2023

Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Oct 2023, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Tue, Oct 31, 2023, 23:30

Data available: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 to Tue, Aug 4, 2026

Monthly averages for 2023

Average Wave Height

3.4ft

0.9 — 10.1ft

Average Wave period

4.6secs

3 — 9secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

16.3°C

14.3 — 17.9°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 6,180 observations across 9 years.

Wave Height: 3.4ft; 0.2ft above average; Historical average 3.2ft
Wave Period: 4.6s; 2.7s below average; Historical average 7.3s
Water Temperature: 16.3°C; 0.8°C above average; Historical average 15.5°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 Oct 2023last observation shown Oct 2023
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Oct 1	2	4	SW	17.5
Oct 2	2	4	SSW	17.5
Oct 3	3	4	SW	17.4
Oct 4	3	4	SW	17.2
Oct 5	3	3	SSW	17.2
Oct 6	2	3	SW	17.1
Oct 7	2	4	SSW	17.2
Oct 8	2	6	SSW	17.3
Oct 9	2	7	SSW	17.3
Oct 10	2	4	SW	17.3
Oct 11	3	4	SSW	17.2
Oct 12	3	4	SSW	17.2
Oct 13	6	5	SSW	17.2
Oct 14	4	6	SW	17.0
Oct 15	1	6	SW	16.7
Oct 16	2	4	S	16.3
Oct 17	4	4	SSE	16.1
Oct 18	5	5	SSW	15.9
Oct 19	6	5	SSW	15.7
Oct 20	5	7	SSW	15.8
Oct 21	4	5	SSW	15.7
Oct 22	3	4	SSW	15.6
Oct 23	3	4	S	15.6
Oct 24	3	4	SSW	15.4
Oct 25	2	6	SSW	15.3
Oct 26	4	5	SW	15.4
Oct 27	4	5	SSW	15.3
Oct 28	6	5	SSW	15.1
Oct 29	8	5	SSW	14.9
Oct 30	6	5	SSW	15.0
Oct 31	4	4	SSW	14.9

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

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