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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Aug 2016

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Aug 2016, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,488 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.1–3.1 ft), while mean peak wave period was 5.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.9–10 seconds). Mean water temperature was 18.4°C (10th–90th percentile 18.1–18.7°C). 22 of 5,952 checked values (0.4%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 1.9 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 4.9 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2ft
Mean: 2 ft
P10–P90: 1.1 — 3.1 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 5.2 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.7secs
P10–P90: 2.9 — 10secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 14.3secs

Available for 742 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

NE

Circular concentration: 48%

Mean Water Temperature

18.4°C
P10–P90: 18.1 — 18.7°C
Recorded extremes

17.7 — 18.9°C

Compared With Previous Augusts

Historical baseline from 5,951 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
2ft
0.1ft above mean
Historical mean 1.936ft
Wave Period
5.7s
0.8s above mean
Historical mean 4.9s
Water Temperature
18.4°C
0.2°C above mean
Historical mean 18.2°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 Aug 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)1232222234322112222422122123211
Mean maximum wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)5107577349111095764454443544346673
Mean zero-crossing period (s)3433443356433343333433333334443
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionNNEconcentration 55%NEconcentration 72%Variableconcentration 20%Variableconcentration 23%NNEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 89%SSWconcentration 86%NWconcentration 61%NNEconcentration 97%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 80%NNWconcentration 42%NNEconcentration 99%NEconcentration 90%Econcentration 93%Econcentration 97%ENEconcentration 98%Econcentration 69%Sconcentration 99%Variableconcentration 22%Sconcentration 82%Econcentration 92%NEconcentration 82%NEconcentration 97%NNEconcentration 34%ENEconcentration 94%ENEconcentration 83%NEconcentration 97%NEconcentration 87%Sconcentration 54%
Mean directional spread (°)29.729.628.629.625.926.930.130.423.722.822.325.029.825.326.233.634.829.834.822.033.736.533.130.936.336.932.422.524.329.034.8
Mean water temperature(°C)18.818.618.618.518.518.618.718.618.418.318.218.318.318.218.218.218.218.318.318.118.018.018.218.318.418.518.618.418.518.518.6

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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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