Weymouth wave buoy daily averages for Oct 2017
Daily averages from the Weymouth wave buoy for Oct 2017, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
AI-generated summary. Hog SaysIn October 2017, Weymouth recorded complete coverage across all 31 days, with an average wave height of 1.5 ft and period of 6.6 seconds. Wave heights ranged from 0.3 to 5.8 ft, while periods ranged from 2 to 18 seconds; water temperature averaged 15.7°C, ranging from 14.3 to 16.7°C. Thirteen suspect observations were excluded after local-spike checks, leaving 731 accepted observations and slightly reduced confidence in the filtered results.
Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.
Average Wave Height
Average Wave period
Available for 731 of 744 observations
Average Wave Direction
Average Water temperature
Compared With Previous Octobers
Historical baseline from 2,231 observations across 3 years.
- Wave Height
- 1.5ft
- 0.2ft below average
- Historical average 1.7ft
- Wave Period
- 6.6s
- 0.5s above average
- Historical average 6.1s
- Water Temperature
- 15.7°C
- In line with the historical average
- Historical average 15.7°C
Chart showing grouped wave observations for Weymouth. 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 Sun, Oct 1, 2017
About Weymouth wave buoy
Weymouth is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station off the Dorset coast. First deployed in December 2006, it records the relatively sheltered wave climate around Weymouth Bay and the approaches east of Portland. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.