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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Dec 2017

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Dec 2017, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

987 wave-buoy observations covered 26 of 31 days (84%). Typical wave height was 3.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.4–6.6 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.6–10.5 seconds). Mean water temperature was 6.9°C (10th–90th percentile 6–8°C). 41 of 3,859 checked values (1.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 5 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 2.7 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 6.2 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

3.4ft
Mean: 3.8 ft
P10–P90: 1.4 — 6.6 ft
Recorded extremes

0.5 — 10.3 ft

Available for 603 of 619 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.4secs
P10–P90: 3.6 — 10.5secs
Recorded extremes

2.4 — 18.2secs

Available for 601 of 619 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

NNW

Circular concentration: 58%

Mean Water Temperature

6.9°C
P10–P90: 6 — 8°C
Recorded extremes

5.7 — 8.2°C

Available for 613 of 619 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Decembers

Historical baseline from 7,435 observations across 5 years.

Wave Height
3.8ft
1.1ft above mean
Historical mean 2.69ft
Wave Period
6.4s
0.2s above mean
Historical mean 6.2s
Water Temperature
6.9°C
0.2°C below 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 2017Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)QC rejected3233358756533564421112334-----
Mean maximum wave height (ft)115455481210810745895732114556-----
Mean peak period (s)7767654712116744676778-74446-----
Mean zero-crossing period (s)54444345555434454443333334-----
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionNNEconcentration 98%Nconcentration 99%Nconcentration 98%Nconcentration 98%NNWconcentration 83%Wconcentration 84%Wconcentration 78%NWconcentration 88%NNEconcentration 90%NNEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 96%NEconcentration 82%Wconcentration 77%WNWconcentration 90%NNWconcentration 89%Nconcentration 98%NWconcentration 55%Nconcentration 98%Nconcentration 90%NWconcentration 34%NEconcentration 71%NNWconcentration 49%Wconcentration 99%Wconcentration 97%SWconcentration 67%NWconcentration 67%-----
Mean directional spread (°)28.933.628.628.826.335.028.924.130.639.332.630.932.925.122.926.530.426.834.848.459.944.922.523.231.525.4-----
Mean water temperature(°C)8.08.08.07.98.08.08.07.77.37.16.96.76.66.56.36.05.96.06.16.26.26.36.36.46.46.2-----

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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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