West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Mar 2024
Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Mar 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
AI-generated summary. Hog SaysWest Bay recorded complete coverage across all 31 days in March 2024, with an average wave height of 3.7 ft and average wave period of 4.7 seconds. Wave heights ranged from 1.2 to 32.8 ft, while wave periods ranged from 3 to 14 seconds. Water temperature averaged 9.9°C, ranging from 7.8 to 12.1°C.
Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.
Average Wave Height
Available for 1,479 of 1,482 observations
Average Wave period
Average Wave Direction
Average Water temperature
Compared With Previous Marchs
Historical baseline from 6,420 observations across 9 years.
- Wave Height
- 3.7ft
- 0.7ft above average
- Historical average 3ft
- Wave Period
- 4.7s
- 3.8s below average
- Historical average 8.5s
- Water Temperature
- 9.9°C
- 1°C above average
- Historical average 8.9°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 Fri, Mar 1, 2024
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.