OfflineBuoy 6201058
West Gabbard 2 WaveNet Site
United Kingdom
Last wave reading: No wave reading on record
No current reading
This buoy has not reported waves in the last 30 days. It may be adrift, under repair or retired. Nearby buoys below are still reporting.
Nearby buoys
- Southwold Approach WaveNet Site4.2 ft · 8.7 sLive · 46 km
- Felixstowe wave buoy2.3 ft · 6.9 sLive · 49 km
- South Knock WaveNet Site2.9 ft · 7.4 sLive · 56 km
- Eurogeul DWE7.9 ftLive · 61 km
- Lowestoft wave buoy3.9 ft · 6.7 sLive · 61 km
- Westhinder Buoy6.1 ftLive · 67 km
How to read this buoy
- Station id
- 6201058
- Operator
- Centre for Environment- Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)- Lowestoft Laboratory
- Program
- Copernicus Marine In Situ
- Position
- 51.953°N, 2.109°E
- 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 Centre for Environment- Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)- Lowestoft Laboratory. 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.
