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Chapel Point wave buoy daily means for Jun 2026

Daily means from the Chapel Point wave buoy for Jun 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,435 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 1.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.7–2.7 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 2.3–7.7 seconds). Mean water temperature was 16.7°C (10th–90th percentile 15.6–18.7°C). 3 of 5,718 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 14 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.1 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5.4 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.5ft
Mean: 1.6 ft
P10–P90: 0.7 — 2.7 ft
Recorded extremes

0.3 — 4.6 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.2secs
P10–P90: 2.3 — 7.7secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 11.1secs

Observed Wave Direction

Variable

Circular concentration: 26%

Most common: S (18%) · circular mean ESE

Mean Water Temperature

16.7°C
P10–P90: 15.6 — 18.7°C
Recorded extremes

15.3 — 20°C

Compared With Previous Junes

Historical baseline from 19,159 observations across 14 years.

Wave Height
1.6ft
0.5ft below mean
Historical mean 2.1ft
Wave Period
4.2s
1.2s below mean
Historical mean 5.4s
Water Temperature
16.7°C
1.4°C above mean
Historical mean 15.3°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 Jun 2026Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)212312222122233211111221221111
Mean maximum wave height (ft)224424332223445421111332331211
Mean peak period (s)634434343333458868333444554333
Mean zero-crossing period (s)333333333333345433332333343333
Mean energy period (s)------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionVariableconcentration 14%SSEconcentration 56%Sconcentration 90%SSWconcentration 81%Sconcentration 69%SEconcentration 88%SSWconcentration 77%Sconcentration 37%SWconcentration 81%WSWconcentration 50%Sconcentration 92%SWconcentration 42%NNWconcentration 63%Nconcentration 98%NNEconcentration 97%NEconcentration 96%NNEconcentration 39%NNEconcentration 70%Sconcentration 76%ESEconcentration 48%NEconcentration 87%Econcentration 98%Econcentration 98%NNEconcentration 82%ENEconcentration 86%ENEconcentration 98%Econcentration 85%Sconcentration 74%Variableconcentration 27%ESEconcentration 79%
Mean directional spread (°)26.532.425.727.437.626.228.027.032.234.829.635.433.925.322.323.032.134.740.844.242.427.723.430.826.823.630.333.137.336.8
Mean water temperature(°C)16.216.416.316.216.116.016.016.015.815.715.615.615.715.615.715.715.816.116.616.917.117.317.417.718.018.318.619.019.219.4

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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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