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Sea state at Sergipe deepwater: wave height exceedance by month

Sergipe deepwater lies off Brazil at 11.50° S, 36.20° W. Significant wave height there exceeds 2 m about 16% of the time across the whole year, roughly 5 days a month on average. The roughest month is July, with a mean significant wave height of 2.0 m and seas above 2 m about 44% of the time; the calmest is January, with a mean of 1.3 m and about 0.4% of the time above 2 m. Waves above 4 m occur under 0.1% of the time.

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Wave height by month

Mean significant wave height and the percentage of time the significant wave height is above each level, by calendar month. The last row combines the months weighted by their length in days.

MonthMean Hs (m)% above 1 m% above 1.5 m% above 2 m% above 2.5 m% above 3 m% above 4 m
January1.396%23%0.4%<0.1%<0.1%<0.1%
February1.392%19%0.4%<0.1%<0.1%<0.1%
March1.395%26%1.3%0.1%<0.1%<0.1%
April1.598%43%5.9%0.7%0.1%<0.1%
May1.799%66%20%3.4%0.3%<0.1%
June1.9100%83%35%8.4%1.1%<0.1%
July2.0100%88%44%13%2.5%<0.1%
August1.9100%85%41%11%2.2%<0.1%
September1.8100%78%27%6.9%1.3%<0.1%
October1.7100%70%12%1.3%0.1%<0.1%
November1.6100%64%7.1%0.6%0.1%<0.1%
December1.497%39%2.1%0.1%<0.1%<0.1%
Year1.698%57%16%3.8%0.6%<0.1%

Wind at 10 m across the year: typically 6.4 m/s (12 kn), top 10% above 8.7 m/s (17 kn). Monthly means run from 5.3 m/s in April to 7.1 m/s in July.

Weather windows: a typical month fits about 24 separate 24 h periods with significant wave height below 2 m, fewest in July (about 15). Periods do not overlap, so a 30 day month holds at most 30.

Nearest mapped asset to the data point: Budiao Sudeste, oil and gas field, about 2,956 m water depth, 38 km away. Source: Global Oil & Gas Extraction Tracker, Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0). Positions are indicative unit centroids.

Data basis

Data basis: WAVERYS wave reanalysis (Copernicus Marine) + ERA5 wind, 1980-2023, 3 hourly. Data point 11.60° S, 36.20° W (0.2° grid), 11 km from the named position, 128,568 samples. Values are for the nearest grid cell and are not interpolated.

Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information: WAVERYS global wave reanalysis [1980-2023], 3 hourly significant wave height, peak period and direction. Wind statistics from the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus C3S) on its 0.5 degree grid (wind, direction rose, diurnal cycle and ENSO split 1980-2024). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF nor Mercator Ocean is responsible for any use of this information.

How the numbers are made: How it works. Other locations: all location pages.

Cite as

Thrust Maritime, Sea State Explorer, Sergipe deepwater, WAVERYS wave reanalysis (Copernicus Marine) + ERA5 wind 1980-2023, 3 hourly, page built 2026-10-23, accessed [date], https://seastate.thrustm.com/locations/sergipe-deepwater.html

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