West Bay wave buoy observations on Tue, Oct 22, 2024

Hourly readings from the West Bay wave buoy for Tue, Oct 22, 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 23:30

Oldest observation available Sun, Nov 3, 2013

Daily averages for Oct 2024

Period Summary

Hog Says

On Tuesday, 22 October 2024, West Bay recorded 48 wave observations covering the full day. Wave heights averaged 3.5 ft, ranging from 2.7 to 4 ft, while periods averaged 4.1 seconds and ranged from 4 to 5 seconds. Water temperature averaged 15.4°C, with no quality-control exclusions.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

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 hourly observations Tue, Oct 22, 2024last observation shown Tue, Oct 22, 2024
Hour	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Tue 00:00	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 00:30	4	5	SSW	15.4
Tue 01:00	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 01:30	3	5	SW	15.4
Tue 02:00	3	5	SSW	15.4
Tue 02:30	3	5	SSW	15.4
Tue 03:00	3	5	SSW	15.4
Tue 03:30	4	5	SSW	15.4
Tue 04:00	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 04:30	3	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 05:00	3	4	SW	15.3
Tue 05:30	3	4	SW	15.3
Tue 06:00	3	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 06:30	3	4	SW	15.3
Tue 07:00	3	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 07:30	4	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 08:00	4	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 08:30	4	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 09:00	4	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 09:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 10:00	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 10:30	4	4	SSW	15.3
Tue 11:00	4	4	SW	15.4
Tue 11:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 12:00	4	4	SW	15.4
Tue 12:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 13:00	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 13:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 14:00	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 14:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 15:00	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 15:30	4	4	SW	15.4
Tue 16:00	4	4	SW	15.4
Tue 16:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 17:00	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 17:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 18:00	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 18:30	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 19:00	4	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 19:30	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 20:00	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 20:30	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 21:00	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 21:30	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 22:00	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 22:30	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 23:00	3	4	SSW	15.4
Tue 23:30	3	4	SW	15.4

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

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