Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Oct 2020

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Oct 2020, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Sat, Oct 31, 2020, 23:30

Data available: Wed, May 23, 2012 to Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Monthly means for 2020

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,485 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.5–4.3 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3–9.1 seconds). Mean water temperature was 12.5°C (10th–90th percentile 11.3–13.9°C). 8 of 5,924 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.9 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.5ft

Mean: 2.7 ft

P10–P90: 1.5 — 4.3 ft

Recorded extremes

0.7 — 6.6 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.8secs

P10–P90: 3 — 9.1secs

Recorded extremes

1.8 — 15.4secs

Available for 742 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

ENE

Circular concentration: 34%

Mean Water Temperature

12.5°C

P10–P90: 11.3 — 13.9°C

Recorded extremes

10.7 — 14.3°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 11,323 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height: 2.7ft; 0.2ft below mean; Historical mean 2.92ft
Wave Period: 5.8s; 0.2s below mean; Historical mean 6s
Water Temperature: 12.5°C; 0.9°C below mean; Historical mean 13.4°C

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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.

Chapel Point wave buoy daily means Oct 2020Last observation shown Oct 2020
Metric	Oct 1	Oct 2	Oct 3	Oct 4	Oct 5	Oct 6	Oct 7	Oct 8	Oct 9	Oct 10	Oct 11	Oct 12	Oct 13	Oct 14	Oct 15	Oct 16	Oct 17	Oct 18	Oct 19	Oct 20	Oct 21	Oct 22	Oct 23	Oct 24	Oct 25	Oct 26	Oct 27	Oct 28	Oct 29	Oct 30	Oct 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	2	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	2	3	5	3	2	4	5	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	2	6	7	5	3	2	3	5	3	5	7	4	4	7	8	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	5
Mean peak period (s)	5	5	7	9	6	3	4	5	4	6	8	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	12	5	8	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	Econcentration 59%	Econcentration 97%	ENEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	Econcentration 52%	SSWconcentration 57%	NWconcentration 58%	NEconcentration 33%	Variableconcentration 25%	Nconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 78%	NNEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 92%	SEconcentration 82%	NEconcentration 53%	NNEconcentration 74%	NNEconcentration 100%	Sconcentration 74%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 94%	Sconcentration 95%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 98%	SSEconcentration 75%	SSEconcentration 82%
Mean directional spread (°)	31.9	23.9	25.8	26.1	31.1	36.4	38.7	25.2	33.7	20.7	20.4	23.1	25.3	28.3	25.6	28.0	30.0	26.8	27.8	28.6	32.2	25.5	21.8	21.2	19.7	22.2	22.3	19.9	22.2	28.2	26.7
Mean water temperature(°C)	14.0	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.3	13.0	12.8	12.6	12.4	12.4	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	11.9	11.9	11.7	11.5	11.3	11.0	11.0	11.1

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