Lowestoft surfForecast / East Anglia / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 BST
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Lowestoft surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lowestoft sea temperature is
18.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lowestoft today?

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 3AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)7s
Afternoon (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

Table - waves today at Lowestoft. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)577773445565555555433456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3311128282853003734320000000050117
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
SW
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
15
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
N
5
E
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
30
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
2.23
1:06PM
2.51
1:47AM
2.19
1:45PM
2.41
2:24AM
2.16
2:31PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
0.61
6:53AM
0.94
7:37PM
0.76
7:22AM
0.99
8:07PM
0.90
8:01AM
1.07
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunrise---5:56-------5:56-------5:58----
Sunset-------7:51-------7:49-------7:45
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1-----11--121---------
Temp. °C191716151821212016151415161517181717141318212120
Feels °C (?)151515131516151514111012141417181514111014151414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Anglia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Lowestoft (calm at Southwold 16 km from Lowestoft). 0.1m 7s swell from the NNE to make surfable waves.

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3 km/h
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0.0
18.8
Air / Water (°C)
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