West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Aug 2023
Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Aug 2023, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Average Wave Height
2.5ft
Observed range: 0.4 — 9ft
Average Wave period
3.9secs
Observed range: 2 — 6secs
Average Wave Direction
SSW
Average Water temperature
17.8°C
Observed range: 16.6 — 19.9°C
Compared With Previous Augusts
Historical baseline from 6,663 observations across 9 years.
- Wave Height
- 2.5ft
- 0.3ft above average
- Historical average 2.2ft
- Wave Period
- 3.9s
- 1.8s below average
- Historical average 5.7s
- Water Temperature
- 17.8°C
- 0.2°C below average
- Historical average 18°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 Tue, Aug 1, 2023
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.
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.