Lowestoft wave buoy observations on Fri, Dec 22, 2023
Hourly readings from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Fri, Dec 22, 2023, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 3.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.2–3.8 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 11.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 10.1–13.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 7.7°C (10th–90th percentile 7.5–7.9°C). 2 of 188 checked values (1.1%) were excluded by quality control.
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for Fri, Dec 22, 2023
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.
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| Significant wave height (ft) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Maximum wave height (ft) | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Peak period (s) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | - | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | - | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Zero-crossing period (s) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Energy period (s) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wave power, kilowatts per metre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peak wave direction | N | N | N | N | NNE | N | - | - | NE | NNE | NNE | NNE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | - | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NNE | NE | NE | N | NNE | NE | NE | N | NNE | NE | NNE | NNE | N | NE | N | - | NE | ENE | NE | NNE | NE | ENE | NE | E |
| Directional spread (°) | 44.0 | 29.0 | 36.0 | 42.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | - | - | 38.0 | 38.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 38.0 | 47.0 | 33.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 26.0 | - | 30.0 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 37.0 | 30.0 | 41.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 52.0 | 39.0 | 45.0 | 46.0 | 54.0 | 64.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 59.0 | 50.0 | 56.0 | 51.0 | - | 40.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 40.0 | 33.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 65.0 |
| Water temperature(°C) | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
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