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Lowestoft surfForecast / East Anglia / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
6.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lowestoft today?

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 11AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.4
NE
0.4
N
0.3
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
1.8
SE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
ENE
0.9
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)79997778117108888677677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1017668152742291422535148392071414336391103273299
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
25
SE
40
ESE
45
ESE
25
ESE
10
N
15
W
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
2.35
12:07AM
2.63
1:13PM
2.23
12:50AM
2.56
2:03PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.33
6:07PM
1.00
6:50AM
0.43
6:48PM
1.09
7:36AM
0.57
7:29PM
1.16
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--8:00-------8:00-------8:00-----
Sunset----3:56-------3:56-------3:59---
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
31-----------1582-323311
Temp. °C423432210012244665344444
Feels °C (?)-4-5-4-3-5-6-6-6-6-5-4-2-2-2-5-401-2-3-2-2-5-5
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