Lowestoft wave buoy daily means for Apr 2026

Daily means from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Apr 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2026

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,436 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 2.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 1–4.9 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 5.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.6–6.9 seconds). Mean water temperature was 9.4°C (10th–90th percentile 8.2–10.7°C). 4 of 5,731 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 comparable years, mean wave height was the same as the same-month mean of 2.6 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 5.5 seconds.

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Typical Significant Wave Height

2.3ft

Mean: 2.6 ft

P10–P90: 1 — 4.9 ft

Recorded extremes

0.4 — 6.9 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

5.4secs

P10–P90: 3.6 — 6.9secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 13.3secs

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 59%

Mean Water Temperature

9.4°C

P10–P90: 8.2 — 10.7°C

Recorded extremes

7.7 — 11.4°C

Compared With Previous Aprils

Historical baseline from 13,269 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 2.6ft; 0ft below mean; Historical mean 2.625ft
Wave Period: 5.4s; 0.1s below mean; Historical mean 5.5s
Water Temperature: 9.4°C; 0.6°C above mean; Historical mean 8.8°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 Apr 2026Last observation shown Apr 2026
Metric	Apr 1	Apr 2	Apr 3	Apr 4	Apr 5	Apr 6	Apr 7	Apr 8	Apr 9	Apr 10	Apr 11	Apr 12	Apr 13	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16	Apr 17	Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23	Apr 24	Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 30
Mean significant wave height (ft)	1	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	5	6	4
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	2	3	6	4	5	3	4	3	2	3	6	7	1	2	4	3	2	1	2	3	8	6	5	4	3	3	2	8	9	7
Mean peak period (s)	6	5	5	5	6	7	4	5	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	ENEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 90%	Sconcentration 98%	SSEconcentration 99%	SSEconcentration 95%	ENEconcentration 81%	Econcentration 92%	ENEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 55%	Econcentration 35%	SEconcentration 97%	Sconcentration 100%	SEconcentration 82%	SEconcentration 77%	SSEconcentration 97%	SSEconcentration 98%	SSEconcentration 97%	SEconcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 80%	NEconcentration 95%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 95%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 95%	ENEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 97%
Mean directional spread (°)	47.8	38.8	26.0	31.9	37.0	50.1	35.1	32.1	36.2	41.2	29.7	20.8	44.0	41.9	28.5	31.8	37.3	48.6	42.5	37.3	29.1	34.0	36.7	31.7	34.7	36.0	41.7	27.7	26.3	33.3
Mean water temperature(°C)	7.9	8.0	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.7	8.8	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.1	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.8

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