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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Apr 2017

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

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

795 wave-buoy observations covered 25 of 30 days (83%). Typical wave height was 2.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–4.9 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.8–10.6 seconds). Mean water temperature was 9.7°C (10th–90th percentile 8.9–10.1°C). 6 of 3,162 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 2.4 ft and mean wave period was the same as the same-month mean of 6.5 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.3ft
Mean: 2.7 ft
P10–P90: 1 — 4.9 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 8 ft

Available for 501 of 502 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.5secs
P10–P90: 2.8 — 10.6secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 18.2secs

Available for 500 of 502 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

NNE

Circular concentration: 67%

Mean Water Temperature

9.7°C
P10–P90: 8.9 — 10.1°C
Recorded extremes

8.5 — 10.8°C

Available for 498 of 502 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Aprils

Historical baseline from 5,759 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height
2.7ft
0.3ft above mean
Historical mean 2.428ft
Wave Period
6.5s
In line with the historical mean
Historical mean 6.5s
Water Temperature
9.7°C
1.4°C above mean
Historical mean 8.3°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 Apr 2017Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)111122-----3323335221343QC rejectedQC rejected3325
Mean maximum wave height (ft)---223-----4434448422454985537
Mean peak period (s)3334712-----788565763391011999776
Mean zero-crossing period (s)333345-----3543445433564555444
Mean energy period (s)------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionSconcentration 88%NNEconcentration 83%SEconcentration 50%NEconcentration 43%Nconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 99%-----WNWconcentration 49%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 91%Nconcentration 95%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 99%ENEconcentration 90%SSWconcentration 59%NNWconcentration 90%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 99%NEconcentration 91%Econcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)36.034.131.032.524.627.2-----48.021.925.625.622.431.020.325.926.628.422.121.224.320.222.625.023.226.821.5
Mean water temperature(°C)8.78.99.09.39.39.3-----10.010.010.010.09.99.99.910.010.010.010.010.110.19.89.79.69.59.79.8

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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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