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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for May 2020

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

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,474 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.8–3.8 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.3–11.1 seconds). Mean water temperature was 12.7°C (10th–90th percentile 11.3–14.8°C). 3 of 5,837 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.5 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 6.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.8ft
Mean: 2.2 ft
P10–P90: 0.8 — 3.8 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 9 ft

Available for 737 of 738 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.9secs
P10–P90: 3.3 — 11.1secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 14.3secs

Available for 737 of 738 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

NE

Circular concentration: 70%

Mean Water Temperature

12.7°C
P10–P90: 11.3 — 14.8°C
Recorded extremes

10.8 — 15.8°C

Available for 737 of 738 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Mays

Historical baseline from 8,536 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height
2.2ft
0.3ft below mean
Historical mean 2.461ft
Wave Period
6.9s
0.8s above mean
Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature
12.7°C
0.8°C above mean
Historical mean 11.9°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 May 2020Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)2222321115735322221112321111122
Mean maximum wave height (ft)32334322281057533432224532111243
Mean peak period (s)655545610118797111110101110864445567355
Mean zero-crossing period (s)3343443565554554556533334433333
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionVariableconcentration 26%NNEconcentration 97%NEconcentration 74%NEconcentration 86%ENEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 89%ENEconcentration 75%NNEconcentration 95%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 97%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 94%ENEconcentration 59%Sconcentration 84%SSWconcentration 89%Variableconcentration 25%ENEconcentration 73%NEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 93%ENEconcentration 85%ESEconcentration 97%Econcentration 97%ENEconcentration 98%
Mean directional spread (°)25.825.427.428.334.331.538.832.632.025.524.019.821.819.517.720.619.221.221.823.134.026.827.131.131.533.237.240.027.724.327.5
Mean water temperature(°C)11.011.111.211.211.311.411.611.912.112.211.911.711.611.812.012.012.212.412.713.013.413.713.713.814.114.414.614.814.915.015.2

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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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