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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Dec 2016

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Dec 2016, 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 1.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.8–3.2 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.7–12.5 seconds). Mean water temperature was 7.1°C (10th–90th percentile 6.3–7.5°C). 49 of 5,948 checked values (0.8%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.9 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 6.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.8ft
Mean: 1.9 ft
P10–P90: 0.8 — 3.2 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 4.5 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.6secs
P10–P90: 2.7 — 12.5secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 20secs

Available for 740 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

E

Circular concentration: 38%

Mean Water Temperature

7.1°C
P10–P90: 6.3 — 7.5°C
Recorded extremes

5.8 — 7.8°C

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 5,948 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
1.9ft
1ft below mean
Historical mean 2.92ft
Wave Period
6.6s
0.5s above mean
Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature
7.1°C
In line with the historical mean
Historical mean 7.1°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 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)2333212221221122111222323333222
Mean maximum wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)791065344391196345561147868861212535
Mean zero-crossing period (s)4554433333343334333333333366333
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionNNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 99%Econcentration 91%Econcentration 99%SEconcentration 60%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 62%Sconcentration 97%ENEconcentration 66%NNEconcentration 87%NEconcentration 72%Econcentration 64%SEconcentration 83%ESEconcentration 87%ENEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 88%Variableconcentration 15%NNEconcentration 75%SEconcentration 74%SSEconcentration 57%Sconcentration 43%Sconcentration 64%SSEconcentration 49%Sconcentration 49%Nconcentration 31%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 92%SSEconcentration 60%Sconcentration 79%SSEconcentration 64%
Mean directional spread (°)23.823.228.627.225.432.320.626.823.636.239.238.833.539.733.526.635.644.749.628.826.926.025.025.625.833.029.232.933.930.332.0
Mean water temperature(°C)7.47.37.37.27.17.07.17.17.17.27.27.37.47.57.67.67.57.57.57.37.27.07.06.96.96.96.66.46.26.16.0

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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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