Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lowestoft today (30 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 1AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (30 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 5s |
| Evening (30 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at Lowestoft. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Tue night, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed morning, calm by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 29 | Wednesday 30 | Thursday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 | S 4 | NE 7 | S 4 | S 4 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 28 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 49 | 64 | 51 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 00:18AM2.45m | 12:26PM2.67m | 00:56AM2.40m | 1:11PM2.60m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:03PM0.47m | 6:08AM0.73m | 6:42PM0.59m | 6:50AM0.75m | 7:23PM0.75m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 18 |
Feels °C | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | S 4 | ENE 6 | NE 7 | S 3 | S 4 | S 4 | NNE 7 | S 3 |
| kJ | 28 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | S 4 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 7 | — | — | — | E 6 | E 5 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | SE 3 | SE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | — | — | SSW 4 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 |
| kJ | 28 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 49 | 64 | 51 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 745 | 569 | 569 | 904 | 384 | 403 | 350 | 287 | 181 | 235 | 228 | 242 | 235 | 265 | 279 | 281 | 297 | 281 | 281 |
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