Lowestoft wave buoy daily means for Jul 2024

Daily means from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Jul 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 23:30

Data available: Wed, Apr 20, 2016 to Fri, Aug 21, 2026

Monthly means for 2024

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,476 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 1.5 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.7–2.5 ft), while mean peak wave period was 4.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3–6.2 seconds). Mean water temperature was 17.3°C (10th–90th percentile 16.4–18.5°C). All 4,838 checked values passed quality control. Across 8 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2 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

1.5ft

Mean: 1.6 ft

P10–P90: 0.7 — 2.5 ft

Recorded extremes

0.4 — 3.8 ft

Available for 562 of 740 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

4.7secs

P10–P90: 3 — 6.2secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 9.1secs

Available for 562 of 740 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

ESE

Circular concentration: 55%

Mean Water Temperature

17.3°C

P10–P90: 16.4 — 18.5°C

Recorded extremes

16.1 — 19.5°C

Compared With Previous Julys

Historical baseline from 11,803 observations across 8 years.

Wave Height: 1.6ft; 0.4ft below mean; Historical mean 2.001ft
Wave Period: 4.7s; 0.4s below mean; Historical mean 5.1s
Water Temperature: 17.3°C; 0.5°C below mean; Historical mean 17.8°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 Jul 2024Last observation shown Jul 2024
Metric	Jul 1	Jul 2	Jul 3	Jul 4	Jul 5	Jul 6	Jul 7	Jul 8	Jul 9	Jul 10	Jul 11	Jul 12	Jul 13	Jul 14	Jul 15	Jul 16	Jul 17	Jul 18	Jul 19	Jul 20	Jul 21	Jul 22	Jul 23	Jul 24	Jul 25	Jul 26	Jul 27	Jul 28	Jul 29	Jul 30	Jul 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	3
Mean peak period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	4
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Econcentration 66%	Econcentration 82%	Sconcentration 97%	SEconcentration 43%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 61%	ENEconcentration 83%	SEconcentration 72%	ENEconcentration 66%	ENEconcentration 67%	Econcentration 83%	SEconcentration 75%	ENEconcentration 63%	SEconcentration 44%	ESEconcentration 37%	ENEconcentration 76%	SSEconcentration 99%	SSEconcentration 97%	SEconcentration 83%	SEconcentration 87%	SEconcentration 90%	Econcentration 71%	NEconcentration 96%
Mean directional spread (°)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40.1	37.7	31.9	35.0	35.0	40.2	45.3	43.2	42.9	47.0	39.2	50.1	42.5	45.1	32.8	34.0	41.1	31.5	36.1	46.0	50.8	45.5	46.4	34.9
Mean water temperature(°C)	16.6	16.5	16.5	16.4	16.5	16.4	16.4	16.5	16.7	16.8	16.8	16.6	16.5	16.5	16.7	16.7	16.9	17.2	17.5	17.6	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.1	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.6	18.8	18.8

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