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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Dec 2015

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Dec 2015, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,487 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.6–4.2 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.1–9.6 seconds). Mean water temperature was 8.5°C (10th–90th percentile 8.2–8.8°C). 12 of 5,947 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 3 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 3 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6.4 seconds.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.7ft
Mean: 2.8 ft
P10–P90: 1.6 — 4.2 ft
Recorded extremes

0.7 — 6.2 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.2secs
P10–P90: 3.1 — 9.6secs
Recorded extremes

1.9 — 16.7secs

Observed Wave Direction

SSE

Circular concentration: 56%

Mean Water Temperature

8.5°C
P10–P90: 8.2 — 8.8°C
Recorded extremes

7.9 — 9.1°C

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 4,461 observations across 3 years.

Wave Height
2.8ft
0.2ft below mean
Historical mean 2.953ft
Wave Period
5.2s
1.2s below mean
Historical mean 6.4s
Water Temperature
8.5°C
1.9°C above mean
Historical mean 6.6°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Chapel Point. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. To open hourly observations, use a linked day name in the table.

About Chapel Point wave buoy

Chapel Point is a Channel Coastal Observatory wave station off the Lincolnshire coast near Chapel St Leonards. Its shallow North Sea setting records conditions approaching a low-lying, heavily managed sandy frontage north of Skegness, supporting flood and erosion monitoring.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wave power and sea temperature.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Chapel Point wave buoy daily means Dec 2015Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)2233532333233222223333343423353
Mean maximum wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)84555754444699544344444446128654
Mean zero-crossing period (s)4334443333345433333333343454444
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionNEconcentration 78%Sconcentration 89%SSEconcentration 81%Sconcentration 41%Sconcentration 100%SSEconcentration 37%ESEconcentration 48%Sconcentration 92%Sconcentration 95%Sconcentration 95%Sconcentration 93%Variableconcentration 9%NNEconcentration 99%NEconcentration 85%Econcentration 86%SSEconcentration 64%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 99%SSWconcentration 89%Sconcentration 93%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 63%NNEconcentration 81%ENEconcentration 84%SEconcentration 69%SSEconcentration 99%Sconcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)25.920.523.423.513.922.032.325.521.823.427.729.730.134.628.827.923.222.420.921.421.120.322.022.824.225.331.926.527.427.120.6
Mean water temperature(°C)8.28.38.38.38.38.68.88.98.88.68.58.28.18.18.28.38.48.38.58.78.68.78.78.78.48.58.68.78.78.88.7

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Wave metric colour key

Colours move through the scale as each number increases. They do not by themselves mean that conditions are good, safe or suitable for you.

Wave & swell height0–40+ ft
Wave & swell period0–22+ s
Wind speed0–75 mph

The displayed numbers remain the source of truth; colour is an additional visual cue.

What does buoy wave power mean?

kW/m means kilowatts of wave power per metre of wave crest. It describes the rate at which the observed sea state carries energy past the buoy.

Unlike the shore-directed forecast value, buoy wave power is the total power at the observation point. It is not projected towards a particular beach and does not predict breaking wave height.

In deep water, wave power can be calculated with:

P is approximately 0.49 times significant wave height squared times wave energy period.

P is power in kW/m, Hs is significant wave height in metres, and Te is wave energy period in seconds.

  • Provider-reported power is used when available.
  • Otherwise, a value is calculated only when both significant height and a genuine energy period are available. The ≈ symbol marks calculated values.
  • A dash is shown instead of substituting peak, Tm02, zero-crossing or other period measurements.
  • Daily and monthly figures use the mean of hourly-normalized observation power values; they are not calculated from mean height and period.

Wave direction, spectrum, water depth and local bathymetry still matter. Wave power is best read alongside height, period and direction rather than as a standalone surf-quality score.

The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

Learn how SurfHog combines, checks and summarizes observations in the data and methodology notes.

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