Lowestoft wave buoy observations on Mon, Aug 9, 2021

Hourly readings from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Mon, Aug 9, 2021, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Mon, Aug 9, 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 2.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 2.4–3.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 5.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5.2–6.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 18.3°C (10th–90th percentile 18.2–18.3°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 Mon, Aug 9, 2021Last observation shown Mon, Aug 9, 2021
Metric	Mon 00:00	Mon 00:30	Mon 01:00	Mon 01:30	Mon 02:00	Mon 02:30	Mon 03:00	Mon 03:30	Mon 04:00	Mon 04:30	Mon 05:00	Mon 05:30	Mon 06:00	Mon 06:30	Mon 07:00	Mon 07:30	Mon 08:00	Mon 08:30	Mon 09:00	Mon 09:30	Mon 10:00	Mon 10:30	Mon 11:00	Mon 11:30	Mon 12:00	Mon 12:30	Mon 13:00	Mon 13:30	Mon 14:00	Mon 14:30	Mon 15:00	Mon 15:30	Mon 16:00	Mon 16:30	Mon 17:00	Mon 17:30	Mon 18:00	Mon 18:30	Mon 19:00	Mon 19:30	Mon 20:00	Mon 20:30	Mon 21:00	Mon 21:30	Mon 22:00	Mon 22:30	Mon 23:00	Mon 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Maximum wave height (ft)	6	5	5	7	6	7	6	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	5
Peak period (s)	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6
Zero-crossing period (s)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peak wave direction	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S
Directional spread (°)	23.0	28.0	25.0	27.0	21.0	25.0	25.0	29.0	37.0	40.0	36.0	33.0	36.0	27.0	25.0	23.0	26.0	28.0	25.0	28.0	28.0	34.0	36.0	31.0	26.0	24.0	24.0	28.0	37.0	32.0	28.0	30.0	25.0	28.0	31.0	36.0	29.0	27.0	22.0	19.0	23.0	24.0	22.0	23.0	25.0	27.0	25.0	26.0
Water temperature(°C)	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.2	18.3	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.4	18.3	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.4	18.4	18.4	18.4	18.4	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.1	18.1	18.3	18.3

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