Lowestoft wave buoy daily means for Oct 2019

Daily means from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Oct 2019, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 23:00

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

Monthly means for 2019

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,478 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 3 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.6–5.4 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.3–7.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 14.2°C (10th–90th percentile 12.6–15.6°C). All 5,825 checked values passed quality control. Across 3 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 2.9 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5.8 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

3ft

Mean: 3.3 ft

P10–P90: 1.6 — 5.4 ft

Recorded extremes

0.7 — 9.4 ft

Available for 741 of 743 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.7secs

P10–P90: 4.3 — 7.2secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 15.4secs

Available for 741 of 743 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

ESE

Circular concentration: 58%

Mean Water Temperature

14.2°C

P10–P90: 12.6 — 15.6°C

Recorded extremes

11.6 — 16.8°C

Available for 741 of 743 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Octobers

Historical baseline from 4,176 observations across 3 years.

Wave Height: 3.3ft; 0.4ft above mean; Historical mean 2.92ft
Wave Period: 5.7s; 0.1s below mean; Historical mean 5.8s
Water Temperature: 14.2°C; 0.2°C below mean; Historical mean 14.4°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 Oct 2019Last observation shown Oct 2019
Metric	Oct 1	Oct 2	Oct 3	Oct 4	Oct 5	Oct 6	Oct 7	Oct 8	Oct 9	Oct 10	Oct 11	Oct 12	Oct 13	Oct 14	Oct 15	Oct 16	Oct 17	Oct 18	Oct 19	Oct 20	Oct 21	Oct 22	Oct 23	Oct 24	Oct 25	Oct 26	Oct 27	Oct 28	Oct 29	Oct 30	Oct 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	4	4	3	3	3	QC rejected	QC rejected	3	3	3	QC rejected	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	4	2	2	3	4	6	2	2	3	4	4
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	6	6	4	5	5	9	8	4	4	4	8	3	4	5	4	5	3	7	6	3	7	3	3	4	6	9	3	4	5	6	7
Mean peak period (s)	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	4	7	6	7	7	6	5	5	5
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	ESEconcentration 53%	NEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 84%	SEconcentration 62%	ENEconcentration 92%	Econcentration 96%	Econcentration 65%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 99%	SSEconcentration 99%	SSEconcentration 77%	SEconcentration 83%	SSEconcentration 91%	SSEconcentration 99%	SEconcentration 80%	Sconcentration 99%	Sconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 60%	NEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 99%	ESEconcentration 94%	ESEconcentration 66%	Sconcentration 99%	SSEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 95%	NEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 94%	Econcentration 95%	Econcentration 98%
Mean directional spread (°)	36.3	33.4	35.5	39.0	35.7	25.6	24.4	25.6	28.8	31.9	18.8	32.6	34.4	34.4	35.5	28.5	38.9	23.0	24.0	41.7	29.7	37.3	38.1	33.3	24.4	22.5	45.4	40.0	37.7	33.6	33.3
Mean water temperature(°C)	16.4	15.9	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.0	13.9	13.5	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.4	13.1	12.8	12.4	12.1	11.9

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