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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Oct 2022

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Oct 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,467 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.1–3.1 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.7–11.1 seconds). Mean water temperature was 13.9°C (10th–90th percentile 13.4–14.7°C). 13 of 5,833 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 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 6.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.9ft
Mean: 2 ft
P10–P90: 1.1 — 3.1 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 6.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.3secs
P10–P90: 2.7 — 11.1secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 15.4secs

Observed Wave Direction

SE

Circular concentration: 36%

Mean Water Temperature

13.9°C
P10–P90: 13.4 — 14.7°C
Recorded extremes

13.2 — 15.1°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 14,294 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
2ft
0.9ft below mean
Historical mean 2.887ft
Wave Period
5.3s
0.8s below mean
Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature
13.9°C
0.6°C above mean
Historical mean 13.3°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 Oct 2022Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)211232322222112221QC rejected422222212122
Mean maximum wave height (ft)3224544333332233326633333422233
Mean peak period (s)33444445457912644412775565-443334
Mean zero-crossing period (s)3333333333433333344543334333333
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionSSWconcentration 69%NNWconcentration 51%ENEconcentration 31%Sconcentration 100%Sconcentration 93%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 94%NNWconcentration 41%Sconcentration 77%NNEconcentration 41%NNEconcentration 98%ENEconcentration 36%NNEconcentration 95%ESEconcentration 37%Sconcentration 74%SSEconcentration 79%SSEconcentration 81%NNEconcentration 100%ENEconcentration 87%ENEconcentration 99%Econcentration 69%SSEconcentration 71%ENEconcentration 77%SSEconcentration 47%NNEconcentration 100%SSEconcentration 90%SEconcentration 84%SSEconcentration 82%SEconcentration 81%Sconcentration 99%SEconcentration 80%
Mean directional spread (°)38.031.927.919.525.422.023.732.029.029.229.335.138.935.225.922.622.523.022.025.025.926.326.030.634.631.034.434.533.028.725.3
Mean water temperature(°C)14.914.714.614.614.614.514.514.314.314.214.114.014.013.913.813.613.713.613.513.513.413.413.513.513.413.513.513.613.613.613.5

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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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