Lowestoft wave buoy observations on Tue, Aug 31, 2021

Hourly readings from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Tue, Aug 31, 2021, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 23:30

Oldest observation available Wed, Apr 20, 2016

Daily means for Aug 2021

Period Summary

Hog Says

48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 3.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.4–4 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.3–6.9 seconds). Mean water temperature was 17.3°C (10th–90th percentile 17.2–17.3°C). All 192 checked values passed quality control.

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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 hourly observations Tue, Aug 31, 2021Last observation shown Tue, Aug 31, 2021
Metric	Tue 00:00	Tue 00:30	Tue 01:00	Tue 01:30	Tue 02:00	Tue 02:30	Tue 03:00	Tue 03:30	Tue 04:00	Tue 04:30	Tue 05:00	Tue 05:30	Tue 06:00	Tue 06:30	Tue 07:00	Tue 07:30	Tue 08:00	Tue 08:30	Tue 09:00	Tue 09:30	Tue 10:00	Tue 10:30	Tue 11:00	Tue 11:30	Tue 12:00	Tue 12:30	Tue 13:00	Tue 13:30	Tue 14:00	Tue 14:30	Tue 15:00	Tue 15:30	Tue 16:00	Tue 16:30	Tue 17:00	Tue 17:30	Tue 18:00	Tue 18:30	Tue 19:00	Tue 19:30	Tue 20:00	Tue 20:30	Tue 21:00	Tue 21:30	Tue 22:00	Tue 22:30	Tue 23:00	Tue 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Maximum wave height (ft)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	5	7	6	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Peak period (s)	6	5	5	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	8	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	8	5	6	5
Zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peak wave direction	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE
Directional spread (°)	24.0	29.0	26.0	34.0	30.0	37.0	39.0	34.0	35.0	35.0	40.0	32.0	22.0	26.0	24.0	26.0	25.0	24.0	24.0	26.0	28.0	26.0	27.0	21.0	21.0	26.0	22.0	31.0	38.0	38.0	38.0	39.0	38.0	37.0	38.0	35.0	31.0	27.0	27.0	30.0	26.0	27.0	27.0	24.0	27.0	25.0	24.0	25.0
Water temperature(°C)	17.4	17.4	17.4	17.4	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.3

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