West Bay wave buoy daily averages for May 2025

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

Last observation shown Sat, May 31, 2025, 23:30

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

Monthly averages for 2025

Average Wave Height

1.6ft

0.4 — 7.2ft

Average Wave period

4secs

2 — 7secs

Average Wave Direction

SSW

Average Water temperature

13.8°C

12.3 — 16.1°C

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 8,986 observations across 11 years.

Wave Height: 1.6ft; 0.4ft below average; Historical average 2ft
Wave Period: 4s; 2.1s below average; Historical average 6.1s
Water Temperature: 13.8°C; 1°C above average; Historical average 12.8°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 May 2025last observation shown May 2025
Day	Wave height (ft)	Wave Period (s)	Wave Direction	Water Temp (°C)
May 1	1	3	SSW	13.2
May 2	1	4	SSW	13.9
May 3	1	5	SW	13.0
May 4	1	4	SSE	12.7
May 5	1	5	SSE	12.6
May 6	1	5	SSE	12.6
May 7	1	4	SSE	12.7
May 8	1	4	SSE	12.8
May 9	1	4	S	12.9
May 10	1	3	S	12.9
May 11	1	4	S	13.1
May 12	1	4	SSW	13.2
May 13	1	4	SSW	13.7
May 14	1	5	SW	14.0
May 15	1	4	S	13.7
May 16	1	4	S	13.9
May 17	1	4	SSW	14.1
May 18	1	4	SSW	14.2
May 19	1	3	S	14.2
May 20	1	5	SSW	14.6
May 21	1	5	SW	14.2
May 22	1	3	SW	14.3
May 23	1	3	SSW	14.4
May 24	3	3	SSW	14.4
May 25	4	4	SW	14.6
May 26	4	4	SW	14.5
May 27	6	5	SSW	14.5
May 28	4	4	SSW	14.8
May 29	3	4	SSW	14.7
May 30	2	4	SSW	15.2
May 31	2	4	SSW	15.4

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

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