West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Aug 2024
Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Aug 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Average Wave Height
2.5ft
Observed range: 0.5 — 9.2ft
Average Wave period
3.8secs
Observed range: 3 — 6secs
Average Wave Direction
SSW
Average Water temperature
18.4°C
Observed range: 17.5 — 21°C
Compared With Previous Augusts
Historical baseline from 8,146 observations across 10 years.
- Wave Height
- 2.5ft
- 0.3ft above average
- Historical average 2.2ft
- Wave Period
- 3.8s
- 1.6s below average
- Historical average 5.4s
- Water Temperature
- 18.4°C
- 0.4°C above 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 Thu, Aug 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.
The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.