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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Sep 2016

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

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,440 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 1.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.8–3 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.5–6.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 17.8°C (10th–90th percentile 16.6–18.4°C). 8 of 5,758 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.2 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5.9 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.6ft
Mean: 1.9 ft
P10–P90: 0.8 — 3 ft
Recorded extremes

0.3 — 8.2 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.2secs
P10–P90: 2.5 — 6.3secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 15.4secs

Observed Wave Direction

Variable

Circular concentration: 25%

Most common: S (27%) · circular mean ESE

Mean Water Temperature

17.8°C
P10–P90: 16.6 — 18.4°C
Recorded extremes

16.1 — 18.7°C

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 5,596 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
1.9ft
0.3ft below mean
Historical mean 2.231ft
Wave Period
4.2s
1.7s below mean
Historical mean 5.9s
Water Temperature
17.8°C
1.6°C above mean
Historical mean 16.2°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 Sep 2016Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)1122211132121224QC rejected2211113222232
Mean maximum wave height (ft)------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)334465834434445566554334434345
Mean zero-crossing period (s)333343333333333454343333333333
Mean energy period (s)------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionVariableconcentration 19%Sconcentration 88%Sconcentration 63%Variableconcentration 10%NEconcentration 96%ENEconcentration 60%NEconcentration 76%Sconcentration 64%Sconcentration 100%SEconcentration 30%Sconcentration 59%SSEconcentration 80%Econcentration 98%NNEconcentration 91%NNEconcentration 95%NNEconcentration 87%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 90%NNEconcentration 98%ENEconcentration 76%SSEconcentration 67%SSWconcentration 71%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 91%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 94%Sconcentration 97%SWconcentration 59%SSEconcentration 47%
Mean directional spread (°)41.334.436.626.924.434.539.333.519.629.828.526.528.032.131.125.122.429.032.231.835.637.831.723.127.924.123.126.429.832.3
Mean water temperature(°C)18.618.618.418.218.118.118.218.318.318.318.218.118.218.318.418.317.917.617.617.517.617.517.417.217.116.816.616.516.516.3

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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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