West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Apr 2024

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

Last observation shown Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 23:30

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

Monthly averages for 2024

Average Wave Height

3.5ft

0.3 — 17.3ft

Available for 1,382 of 1,383 observations

Average Wave period

4.3secs

2 — 11secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

11.4°C

9.9 — 12.5°C

Compared With Previous Aprils

Historical baseline from 7,158 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 3.5ft; 1.4ft above average; Historical average 2.1ft
Wave Period: 4.3s; 3.2s below average; Historical average 7.5s
Water Temperature: 11.4°C; 0.8°C above average; Historical average 10.6°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 Apr 2024last observation shown Apr 2024
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Apr 1	3	4	SSW	10.3
Apr 2	6	6	SSW	10.5
Apr 3	7	6	SW	10.6
Apr 4	6	5	SW	10.7
Apr 5	6	5	SSW	10.9
Apr 6	7	6	SSW	11.0
Apr 7	9	6	SW	11.3
Apr 8	6	5	SSW	11.4
Apr 9	7	5	SW	11.2
Apr 10	4	4	SSW	11.1
Apr 11	4	4	SSW	11.3
Apr 12	3	4	SSW	11.6
Apr 13	3	4	SSW	11.8
Apr 14	2	4	SSW	11.6
Apr 15	5	4	SW	11.4
Apr 16	3	4	SW	11.4
Apr 17	1	3	WSW	11.3
Apr 18	1	4	SSW	11.5
Apr 19	2	3	SW	11.6
Apr 20	1	4	SSE	11.7
Apr 21	1	4	SSE	11.7
Apr 22	1	4	SSE	11.6
Apr 23	0	4	S	11.8
Apr 24	1	3	SSW	11.7
Apr 25	2	3	SSW	11.7
Apr 26	1	3	S	11.7
Apr 27	1	5	SSW	11.7
Apr 28	2	4	SSW	11.7
Apr 29	QC rejected	4	SSW	11.7
Apr 30	QC rejected	5	SSW	11.8

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

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