Lowestoft wave buoy daily means for Sep 2022

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

Last observation shown Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2022

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,436 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 2.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.5–4.3 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 6.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4–8.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 18.4°C (10th–90th percentile 15.8–20.1°C). All 5,738 checked values passed quality control. Across 6 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 2.3 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 5.2 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.6ft

Mean: 2.7 ft

P10–P90: 1.5 — 4.3 ft

Recorded extremes

0.7 — 8.6 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.1secs

P10–P90: 4 — 8.3secs

Recorded extremes

2.1 — 12.5secs

Observed Wave Direction

ENE

Circular concentration: 66%

Mean Water Temperature

18.4°C

P10–P90: 15.8 — 20.1°C

Recorded extremes

15.2 — 20.5°C

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 8,560 observations across 6 years.

Wave Height: 2.7ft; 0.4ft above mean; Historical mean 2.329ft
Wave Period: 6.1s; 0.9s above mean; Historical mean 5.2s
Water Temperature: 18.4°C; 1°C above mean; Historical mean 17.4°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 Sep 2022Last observation shown Sep 2022
Metric	Sep 1	Sep 2	Sep 3	Sep 4	Sep 5	Sep 6	Sep 7	Sep 8	Sep 9	Sep 10	Sep 11	Sep 12	Sep 13	Sep 14	Sep 15	Sep 16	Sep 17	Sep 18	Sep 19	Sep 20	Sep 21	Sep 22	Sep 23	Sep 24	Sep 25	Sep 26	Sep 27	Sep 28	Sep 29	Sep 30
Mean significant wave height (ft)	5	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	4	3	3	3	2	2	4
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	8	5	5	3	4	5	5	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	7	8	6	6	4	3	2	2	6	5	4	4	3	3	5
Mean peak period (s)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	4	5	6	6	9	10	9	8	7	6	4	4	5	6	6	7	5	7	7
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 99%	ESEconcentration 77%	SSEconcentration 92%	SSEconcentration 98%	SSEconcentration 83%	ESEconcentration 62%	NEconcentration 97%	ENEconcentration 80%	SSEconcentration 94%	NEconcentration 89%	NEconcentration 93%	NNEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 96%	SSEconcentration 59%	Variableconcentration 22%	NEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 99%	Econcentration 33%	NEconcentration 94%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 98%	ESEconcentration 42%
Mean directional spread (°)	30.0	31.6	28.6	32.0	37.8	32.1	31.1	37.8	39.7	36.7	39.0	35.9	42.0	43.7	34.8	32.4	29.4	31.4	30.8	31.2	41.3	33.2	37.1	29.2	33.7	39.3	42.9	43.5	40.5	28.3
Mean water temperature(°C)	19.7	19.7	19.8	20.0	20.0	20.1	20.2	20.2	20.1	19.9	19.9	19.8	19.7	19.6	19.3	18.8	18.2	17.8	17.4	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.1	16.8	16.6	16.4	16.0	15.7	15.5	15.4

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