K2
United Kingdom
Last wave reading:
Now at the buoy
Significant wave height at the buoy
9.2 ft
2.8 m
- Dominant period
- 14 s
- Direction
- from NNE 15°
This station does not send a swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.
Long-period groundswell: 9.2 ft at 14 s from the NNE. Holding steady over the last 6 hours.
Significant wave height is the average of the biggest third of waves at the buoy. It is not surf height at a beach.
Trend at the buoy
Height at the buoy
- Total (significant height)
Period
- Dominant period
Hourly means of the buoy's readings. Arrows point the way the waves travel.
Model vs the buoy
- Buoy, hourly
- Model, past days
- Model forecast
Over the last 2 days, the model tracked the buoy within 10%.
| Day | Height | Peak period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 13 | 9.0 ft | 13 s | NNE |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 9.7 ft | 7.9 s | S |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 10.8 ft | 14 s | NNW |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 11.9 ft | 10 s | ESE |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 17.8 ft | 13 s | W |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 26.8 ft | 15 s | WSW |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 21.1 ft | 15 s | WSW |
ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (51.000°N, 13.250°W). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.
Nearby buoys
- M3 Southwest Coast6.2 ft · 11 sLive · 194 km
- K19.5 ft · 8.5 sLive · 264 km
- M6 West Coast8.1 ft · 13 sLive · 290 km
Other readings
- Water temperature
- 57°F (14.1°C)
- Wind
- 14 kt from the E, gusts 17 kt
- Air temperature
- 51°F (10.8°C)
- Pressure
- 1016.1 hPa
Reported Nov 13, 6:00 AM GMT.
How to read this buoy
Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the NE and E.
Biggest hourly reading in that record: 13.5 ft at 8.3 s on Nov 11.
- Station id
- 6200081
- Operator
- Met Office- Exeter
- Program
- Copernicus Marine In Situ
- Position
- 51.000°N, 13.301°W
- Type
- Moored buoy
- Local time zone
- Europe/London
- Swell split
- No, whole-sea numbers only
Source: E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00036. Data from Met Office- Exeter. Licence: Copernicus Marine Service licence. Changes: Quiver converts the units (feet, knots, °F) and shows a subset of the published fields.
Not for navigation. Readings can be late, missing or wrong; check official marine forecasts before going to sea.
Buoy terms
- Significant height
- The average of the biggest third of waves the buoy measured. Sets in the surf zone can be bigger or smaller.
- Dominant period
- Seconds between the waves carrying the most energy. Longer period means more power and more bend around points.
- Swell vs wind waves
- Swell was made by distant wind; wind waves were made nearby. The buoy splits its spectrum at a cutoff period to report each.
- Direction
- Where waves come from, in degrees true. 270° is from the west.
