Lowestoft wave buoy observations on Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Hourly readings from the Lowestoft wave buoy for Thu, Aug 20, 2026, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 23:30

Oldest observation available Wed, Apr 20, 2016

Daily means for Aug 2026

Period Summary

Hog Says

45 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 1.7 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.5–2.1 ft), while mean peak wave period was 4.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.3–5.6 seconds). Typical provider-reported wave power was 0.6 kW/m (10th–90th percentile 0.4–1 kW/m). Mean water temperature was 20.3°C (10th–90th percentile 20.2–20.4°C). All 180 checked values passed quality control.

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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 hourly observations Thu, Aug 20, 2026Last observation shown Thu, Aug 20, 2026
Metric	Thu 00:00	Thu 00:30	Thu 01:00	Thu 01:30	Thu 02:00	Thu 02:30	Thu 03:00	Thu 03:30	Thu 04:00	Thu 04:30	Thu 05:00	Thu 05:30	Thu 06:00	Thu 06:30	Thu 07:00	Thu 07:30	Thu 08:00	Thu 08:30	Thu 09:00	Thu 09:30	Thu 10:00	Thu 10:30	Thu 11:00	Thu 11:30	Thu 12:00	Thu 12:30	Thu 13:00	Thu 13:30	Thu 14:00	Thu 14:30	Thu 15:00	Thu 15:30	Thu 16:00	Thu 16:30	Thu 17:00	Thu 17:30	Thu 18:00	Thu 18:30	Thu 19:00	Thu 19:30	Thu 20:00	Thu 20:30	Thu 21:00	Thu 21:30	Thu 22:00	Thu 22:30	Thu 23:00	Thu 23:30
Significant wave height (ft)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maximum wave height (ft)	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3
Peak period (s)	4	5	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6
Zero-crossing period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Energy period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave power, kilowatts per metre	0.58	0.58	0.5	0.56	0.55	0.55	0.57	0.55	0.45	0.42	0.39	0.36	0.32	0.35	0.44	0.43	0.52	0.55	-	-	-	0.49	0.53	0.55	0.64	0.86	0.7	0.91	0.58	0.64	0.73	0.56	0.47	0.43	0.53	0.62	0.65	0.63	0.57	0.67	0.91	1.11	0.96	0.98	1.21	1.01	0.98	0.77
Peak wave direction	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	-	-	-	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	N	N	N	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE
Directional spread (°)	40.6	39.5	38.5	30.9	37.0	32.2	47.3	44.0	52.5	42.6	58.6	52.6	41.2	43.9	52.6	41.5	37.8	40.4	-	-	-	42.0	43.8	42.1	28.1	34.0	33.0	34.8	37.9	34.9	28.0	33.9	41.1	43.1	40.1	34.5	51.8	57.9	42.2	67.7	27.2	34.2	52.8	40.7	35.4	33.6	38.8	36.5
Water temperature(°C)	20.3	20.3	20.2	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.3	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.3	20.3	-	-	-	20.4	20.5	20.5	20.4	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.3	20.2	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3

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