West Bay wave buoy daily averages for Apr 2025

Daily averages from the West Bay wave buoy for Apr 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 23:30

Data available: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 to Sun, Aug 2, 2026

Monthly averages for 2025

Average Wave Height

1.9ft

0.5 — 10.1ft

Average Wave period

4.2secs

2 — 10secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

11.2°C

9.9 — 14.4°C

Compared With Previous Aprils

Historical baseline from 8,541 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height: 1.9ft; 0.5ft below average; Historical average 2.4ft
Wave Period: 4.2s; 2.8s below average; Historical average 7s
Water Temperature: 11.2°C; 0.5°C above average; Historical average 10.7°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 2025last observation shown Apr 2025
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
Apr 1	2	4	SSE	10.0
Apr 2	2	4	SSE	10.0
Apr 3	2	3	SSE	10.1
Apr 4	1	4	S	10.2
Apr 5	2	3	SSE	10.3
Apr 6	2	4	S	10.6
Apr 7	2	4	SSW	10.6
Apr 8	1	5	SW	10.7
Apr 9	2	7	SSW	10.6
Apr 10	2	5	SW	10.8
Apr 11	1	5	SW	11.3
Apr 12	1	3	S	11.0
Apr 13	2	3	SW	11.0
Apr 14	2	4	SSW	11.1
Apr 15	2	4	S	11.1
Apr 16	5	4	SSW	11.1
Apr 17	2	4	SSW	11.5
Apr 18	4	4	SSE	11.4
Apr 19	3	4	SSW	11.2
Apr 20	2	5	S	11.2
Apr 21	1	4	SSW	11.4
Apr 22	2	3	SSW	11.4
Apr 23	3	5	SSW	11.6
Apr 24	2	5	SSW	11.7
Apr 25	2	4	S	11.8
Apr 26	2	6	SSW	12.1
Apr 27	1	6	SSW	12.5
Apr 28	1	6	SSW	12.7
Apr 29	1	4	SSW	12.5
Apr 30	1	3	SSW	12.8

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

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