Reported Nov 13, 7:00 AM GMTBuoy M6

M6 West Coast

Ireland

Last wave reading:

Now at the buoy

Significant wave height at the buoy

8.1 ft

2.5 m

Dominant period
13 s
Direction
from NNE 17°

This station does not send a swell and wind-wave split, so the numbers are for the whole sea.

Mid-period swell: 8.1 ft at 13 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

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  • Total (significant height)

Period

5 s10 s15 s20 s9 Mon10 Tue11 Wed12 Thu13 Fri
  • Dominant period
dir

Hourly means of the buoy's readings. Arrows point the way the waves travel.

Model vs the buoy

2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft12 ft14 ft16 ft18 ft20 ft22 ftforecast
  • Buoy, hourly
  • Model, past days
  • Model forecast

Over the last day, the model tracked the buoy within 10%.

Model peak each day at the buoy
DayHeightPeak periodFrom
Fri, Nov 137.9 ft11 sNNE
Sat, Nov 147.8 ft6.7 sSW
Sun, Nov 1510.8 ft12 sN
Mon, Nov 1613.6 ft8.5 sESE
Tue, Nov 1717.1 ft13 sWSW
Wed, Nov 1821.1 ft15 sWSW
Thu, Nov 1914.8 ft14 sWSW

ECMWF WAM wave model via Open-Meteo, nearest model cell (53.000°N, 16.000°W). Both lines are significant wave height at sea, the same measure the buoy reports. Model output, not a Quiver beach forecast.

Nearby buoys

  • K48.5 ft · 11 sLive · 283 km
  • K28.5 ft · 14 sLive · 290 km

Other readings

Water temperature
55°F (12.9°C)
Wind
8 kt from the SE, gusts 12 kt
Air temperature
50°F (9.8°C)
Pressure
1016.4 hPa

Reported Nov 13, 7:00 AM GMT.

How to read this buoy

Over the readings shown here, most wave energy reached this buoy from the NE and N.

Biggest hourly reading in that record: 11.9 ft at 8.3 s on Nov 11.

Station id
M6
Operator
Marine Institute
Program
Irish Weather Buoy Network
Position
53.075°N, 15.881°W
Type
Moored buoy
Local time zone
Europe/Dublin
Swell split
No, whole-sea numbers only

Source: Marine Institute, Irish Weather Buoy Network, run with Met Éireann. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Changes: Quiver converts the units (feet, knots, °F) and shows a subset of the published fields. Station page at the source.

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.