Waves in Bloomfield

Hourly wave forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 11:56 pm (GMT-2:30)

Now · significant height 0.4 ft

Sea state: Smooth · Douglas 2
Period: 5.9 s · N
Swell: 0.3 ft · 7 s
Highest expected: 0.8 ft

Today the sea at Bloomfield is smooth: 0.4 ft waves with a period of 5.9 s from the north. The swell, 0.3 ft at 7 s, comes from the north-northeast. Biggest waves: Sunday 1, with waves up to 1.4 ft (smooth).

Wave height, next 7 days

1.02.03.0 ft 1.4 ft Now

Significant height: the average of the highest third of the waves, what an observer would estimate by eye. Swell: waves arriving from far away, longer.

The waves you may find today

Most common0.2 ft
Significant0.4 ft
Highest expected0.8 ft

One wave in seven is higher than the significant height, and about 3 times a day one reaches 0.8 ft. Before heading out, expect waves of up to 0.8 ft.

The Douglas sea state scale

Degree	Name	Wave height
0	Calm (glassy)	0
1	Calm (rippled)	0.0 ft–0.3 ft
2	Smooth · today	0.3 ft–1.6 ft
3	Slight	1.6 ft–4.1 ft
4	Moderate	4.1 ft–8.2 ft
5	Rough	8.2 ft–13.1 ft
6	Very rough	13.1 ft–19.7 ft

Waves day by day

Day	Max wave	Sea state	Direction	Max period	Swell	Max wind
Today	1.2 ft	Smooth	NW	6 s	0.5 ft N	16 mph WNW
Thu 29	0.8 ft	Smooth	W	6 s	0.3 ft NNE	13 mph WSW
Fri 30	1.1 ft	Smooth	SW	3 s	0.3 ft NNE	16 mph SW
Sat 31	1.2 ft	Smooth	N	11 s	0.3 ft NNE	15 mph N
Sun 1	1.4 ft	Smooth	NNW	4 s	0.5 ft N	17 mph WNW
Mon 2	1.1 ft	Smooth	WSW	4 s	0.3 ft NNE	19 mph SW
Tue 3	0.9 ft	Smooth	NW	7 s	0.3 ft NNW	14 mph W

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Waves	0.7 ft	0.7 ft	0.8 ft	0.9 ft	1.0 ft	1.2 ft	0.9 ft	0.5 ft
Period	2.4 s	2.3 s	2.3 s	2.5 s	2.7 s	2.8 s	3.3 s	4.9 s
Direction	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW
Swell	0.2 ft · 3 s	0.1 ft · 4 s	0.1 ft · 7 s	0.2 ft · 7 s	0.3 ft · 7 s	0.3 ft · 7 s	0.4 ft · 3 s	0.3 ft · 5 s
Wind (mph)	11 WNW	11 WNW	12 WNW	13 WNW	15 WNW	16 WNW	11 WNW	10 W

Previous days

The waves over the last 13 days. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Max wave	Period	Swell
Tue 27	1.0 ft WNW	3 s	0.3 ft NNW
Mon 26	1.0 ft WSW	3 s	0.3 ft NNE
Sun 25	0.3 ft NNE	8 s	0.3 ft NNE
Sat 24	2.3 ft NE	6 s	0.7 ft NNE
Fri 23	2.6 ft NNE	6 s	0.7 ft NNE
Thu 22	0.3 ft NNE	9 s	0.0 ft NNE
Wed 21	0.7 ft NNE	6 s	0.3 ft NNE

Show all 13 days

Day	Max wave	Period	Swell
Tue 20	1.0 ft SW	3 s	0.3 ft NW
Mon 19	1.0 ft WSW	6 s	0.3 ft NNW
Sun 18	1.0 ft W	3 s	0.0 ft NNE
Sat 17	1.6 ft SSW	10 s	0.3 ft NNE
Fri 16	1.6 ft NW	8 s	0.3 ft N
Thu 15	1.3 ft S	8 s	0.3 ft ENE

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the waves in BloomfieldQuestions

How are the waves today in Bloomfield?

Smooth (0.4 ft with a period of 5.9 s from the north). The highest wave to expect is around 0.8 ft.

Which day will have the biggest waves this week?

Sunday 1, with waves up to 1.4 ft (smooth).

What is the wave period?

The time, in seconds, between two crests. With long periods (over 10 s) waves come from far away, are cleaner and break harder; with short periods they are wind waves, choppier.

What is significant wave height?

The average of the highest third of the waves. One in seven is higher and, a few times a day, one comes in at almost double: today, about 0.8 ft.

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Waves near Bloomfield

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Waves: Open-Meteo with Météo-France (MFWAM, up to 10 days) and ECMWF WAM, CC BY 4.0; wave grid point 7.1 mi away. Near the shore, the seabed and the shape of the coast change the waves.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 11:56 pm (local time).

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