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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Oct 2024

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Oct 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,462 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–5 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.3 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.3–12.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 13.4°C (10th–90th percentile 12.6–14.5°C). 12 of 5,829 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 12 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.8 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 6.2 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.1ft
Mean: 2.6 ft
P10–P90: 1 — 5 ft
Recorded extremes

0.4 — 8.1 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.3secs
P10–P90: 3.3 — 12.2secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 15.4secs

Observed Wave Direction

ENE

Circular concentration: 55%

Mean Water Temperature

13.4°C
P10–P90: 12.6 — 14.5°C
Recorded extremes

12.3 — 15.1°C

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 17,242 observations across 12 years.

Wave Height
2.6ft
0.2ft below mean
Historical mean 2.822ft
Wave Period
7.3s
1.1s above mean
Historical mean 6.2s
Water Temperature
13.4°C
0.1°C below mean
Historical mean 13.5°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 2024Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)6642232246334333212321122122112
Mean maximum wave height (ft)910633533610647555323542232133222
Mean peak period (s)6775356101011109101187654445645976121312
Mean zero-crossing period (s)5544343455545644433333333433563
Mean energy period (s)-------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre-------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionNNEconcentration 98%NEconcentration 99%NEconcentration 99%ENEconcentration 91%SSEconcentration 91%Econcentration 98%Econcentration 51%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 100%ENEconcentration 38%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 100%ENEconcentration 87%ENEconcentration 99%ENEconcentration 94%ESEconcentration 54%SEconcentration 59%SSEconcentration 89%Sconcentration 98%SSWconcentration 38%Variableconcentration 28%SEconcentration 86%Econcentration 98%NEconcentration 90%NNEconcentration 52%SSEconcentration 52%NNEconcentration 100%NNEconcentration 99%NNEconcentration 91%
Mean directional spread (°)26.523.524.229.332.920.725.922.019.820.020.623.820.222.322.320.624.429.432.128.324.633.728.424.721.826.223.822.230.930.634.7
Mean water temperature(°C)14.814.614.514.514.414.314.314.314.314.013.613.313.012.812.712.812.913.013.113.112.912.812.812.812.812.812.712.612.612.612.5

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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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