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Lowestoft wave buoy daily means for Jun 2022

Daily means from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Jun 2022, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Period Summary

Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says

1,436 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 1.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.9–3.1 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 4.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.1–6.4 seconds). Mean water temperature was 15.7°C (10th–90th percentile 14.1–17.4°C). 3 of 5,722 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 6 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 5.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.7ft
Mean: 2 ft
P10–P90: 0.93.1 ft
Recorded extremes

0.67.1 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.7secs
P10–P90: 3.1 — 6.4secs
Recorded extremes

1.7 — 11.1secs

Observed Wave Direction

ESE

Circular concentration: 55%

Mean Water Temperature

15.7°C
P10–P90: 14.1 — 17.4°C
Recorded extremes

13.4 — 17.9°C

Compared With Previous Junes

Historical baseline from 8,511 observations across 6 years.

Wave Height
2ft
0.1ft below mean
Historical mean 2.067ft
Wave Period
4.7s
0.4s below mean
Historical mean 5.1s
Water Temperature
15.7°C
0.6°C above mean
Historical mean 15.1°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Lowestoft. 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 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.

Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
Lowestoft wave buoy daily means Jun 2022Last observation shown
Metric
Mean significant wave height (ft)113653222321211112221112332211
Mean maximum wave height (ft)225984433432221122342123442322
Mean peak period (s)564676756555544443456544554433
Mean zero-crossing period (s)334554444443333333344333333333
Mean energy period (s)------------------------------
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre------------------------------
Mean peak wave directionNEconcentration 56%NEconcentration 92%ENEconcentration 94%ENEconcentration 100%NEconcentration 99%NEconcentration 87%NEconcentration 90%SSEconcentration 92%SEconcentration 57%Sconcentration 99%SSEconcentration 100%SEconcentration 84%Econcentration 55%SEconcentration 73%ESEconcentration 79%ESEconcentration 81%SSEconcentration 86%NEconcentration 62%NEconcentration 89%NNEconcentration 98%ENEconcentration 90%ENEconcentration 81%Econcentration 89%SSEconcentration 61%Sconcentration 99%Sconcentration 98%Sconcentration 97%SSEconcentration 98%SSEconcentration 97%SSEconcentration 97%
Mean directional spread (°)47.044.433.324.626.541.537.740.341.225.828.142.745.042.949.548.438.040.042.438.546.548.741.834.326.327.632.431.642.838.6
Mean water temperature(°C)13.713.914.114.214.214.214.314.514.614.815.015.115.215.415.615.816.116.216.216.116.316.516.716.917.017.317.417.417.517.5

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The observation data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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