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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Aug 2018

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Aug 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,419 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.8–2.3 ft), while mean peak wave period was 4.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.5–8.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 19.4°C (10th–90th percentile 17.8–20.6°C). 4 of 5,676 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 6 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 1.9 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.4ft
Mean: 1.5 ft
P10–P90: 0.8 — 2.3 ft
Recorded extremes

0.3 — 5.2 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.4secs
P10–P90: 2.5 — 8.3secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 11.8secs

Available for 743 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Variable

Circular concentration: 26%

Most common: NNE (23%) · circular mean ENE

Mean Water Temperature

19.4°C
P10–P90: 17.8 — 20.6°C
Recorded extremes

17.4 — 21.4°C

Compared With Previous Augusts

Historical baseline from 8,478 observations across 6 years.

Wave Height
1.5ft
0.4ft below mean
Historical mean 1.936ft
Wave Period
4.4s
0.7s below mean
Historical mean 5.1s
Water Temperature
19.4°C
1.4°C above mean
Historical mean 18°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 2018Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)1112111112221222122111123321121
Mean maximum wave height (ft)-------------------------------
Mean peak period (s)33344333334466443335-5346659755
Mean zero-crossing period (s)3333333333334433233443334434334
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionESEconcentration 52%SEconcentration 75%Econcentration 83%NNEconcentration 86%ENEconcentration 58%SEconcentration 85%Econcentration 59%Variableconcentration 24%NEconcentration 58%SSWconcentration 66%Variableconcentration 9%SSEconcentration 78%NEconcentration 91%NEconcentration 98%Sconcentration 56%SSWconcentration 67%SWconcentration 72%Sconcentration 97%SWconcentration 38%NNEconcentration 96%NEconcentration 99%Variableconcentration 11%NNWconcentration 69%Wconcentration 33%NNEconcentration 98%Econcentration 41%Variableconcentration 10%NNEconcentration 87%NNEconcentration 88%NNEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 86%
Mean directional spread (°)35.637.739.527.928.332.033.437.039.732.837.030.831.227.331.032.839.028.023.327.322.629.531.141.623.524.637.037.839.730.432.1
Mean water temperature(°C)19.920.020.220.320.420.620.720.720.620.319.919.619.519.519.519.419.119.019.119.119.219.319.319.018.718.418.017.817.717.717.7

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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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