West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2024

Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Oct 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 23:00

Data available: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 to Mon, Aug 3, 2026

Monthly averages for 2024

Average Wave Height

3.1ft

0.6 — 9.9ft

Average Wave period

4.7secs

3 — 11secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

15.6°C

14.1 — 16.6°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 7,661 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 3.1ft; 0.2ft below average; Historical average 3.3ft
Wave Period: 4.7s; 2s below average; Historical average 6.7s
Water Temperature: 15.6°C; In line with the historical average; Historical average 15.6°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 2024last observation shown Oct 2024
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Oct 1	2	4	SSW	16.4
Oct 2	1	6	SSW	16.4
Oct 3	2	4	S	16.2
Oct 4	2	3	S	16.0
Oct 5	4	4	S	15.9
Oct 6	4	4	S	15.9
Oct 7	4	4	SSW	15.9
Oct 8	7	5	SSW	15.9
Oct 9	4	6	SSW	15.8
Oct 10	3	10	SSW	15.8
Oct 11	2	7	SSW	15.7
Oct 12	2	4	S	15.6
Oct 13	4	8	SSW	15.3
Oct 14	3	4	SSW	15.3
Oct 15	2	3	SSE	15.4
Oct 16	2	3	S	15.5
Oct 17	3	4	SSW	15.5
Oct 18	4	5	SSW	15.5
Oct 19	4	5	SSW	15.6
Oct 20	7	5	SSW	15.4
Oct 21	4	5	SSW	15.3
Oct 22	4	4	SSW	15.4
Oct 23	2	4	SSW	15.4
Oct 24	4	4	S	15.3
Oct 25	5	5	SSW	15.3
Oct 26	3	5	SW	15.2
Oct 27	2	4	SW	15.1
Oct 28	4	4	SW	15.2
Oct 29	2	4	SSW	15.1
Oct 30	1	5	SSW	15.2
Oct 31	1	4	S	15.1

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

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