Lowestoft wave buoy daily means for Feb 2018

Daily means from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Feb 2018, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 23:30

Data available: Wed, Apr 20, 2016 to Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Monthly means for 2018

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,344 wave-buoy observations covered all 28 days. Typical wave height was 3 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.2–7 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4–7.7 seconds). Mean water temperature was 4.7°C (10th–90th percentile 4.3–5.1°C). All 5,286 checked values passed quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 3.3 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 5.7 seconds.

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Typical Significant Wave Height

3ft

Mean: 3.7 ft

P10–P90: 1.2 — 7 ft

Recorded extremes

0.7 — 11.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.9secs

P10–P90: 4 — 7.7secs

Recorded extremes

2.4 — 12.5secs

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 67%

Mean Water Temperature

4.7°C

P10–P90: 4.3 — 5.1°C

Recorded extremes

3.6 — 5.5°C

Compared With Previous Februarys

Historical baseline from 1,343 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height: 3.7ft; 0.4ft above mean; Historical mean 3.346ft
Wave Period: 5.9s; 0.2s above mean; Historical mean 5.7s
Water Temperature: 4.7°C; 0.6°C below mean; Historical mean 5.3°C

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About Lowestoft wave buoy

Lowestoft is a Channel Coastal Observatory wave station off the Suffolk coast at Britain's most easterly town. Its North Sea observations provide local context for the harbour approaches, developed seafront and low-lying coastline around Lowestoft and northern Suffolk.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wave power and sea temperature.

Lowestoft wave buoy daily means Feb 2018Last observation shown Feb 2018
Metric	Feb 1	Feb 2	Feb 3	Feb 4	Feb 5	Feb 6	Feb 7	Feb 8	Feb 9	Feb 10	Feb 11	Feb 12	Feb 13	Feb 14	Feb 15	Feb 16	Feb 17	Feb 18	Feb 19	Feb 20	Feb 21	Feb 22	Feb 23	Feb 24	Feb 25	Feb 26	Feb 27	Feb 28
Mean significant wave height (ft)	3	3	2	QC rejected	5	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	6	7	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	8	7	6	4	8
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	6	7	6	5	4	3	4	4	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	Econcentration 46%	NEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 98%	Econcentration 97%	ENEconcentration 86%	SEconcentration 53%	SSEconcentration 54%	ESEconcentration 36%	SEconcentration 59%	ENEconcentration 77%	SSEconcentration 100%	SSEconcentration 99%	SSEconcentration 99%	SEconcentration 82%	ESEconcentration 82%	ESEconcentration 97%	SEconcentration 97%	Econcentration 75%	ENEconcentration 94%	Econcentration 98%	Econcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 92%
Mean directional spread (°)	39.3	34.1	32.8	25.1	31.6	36.4	37.9	28.7	20.1	27.0	38.5	41.5	19.0	21.9	30.7	41.5	44.8	36.9	34.1	35.1	35.8	29.1	27.3	22.5	25.0	24.4	27.7	26.4
Mean water temperature(°C)	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.8

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