Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lowestoft today (21 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 9PM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 6s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Lowestoft. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SW by Thu afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | SSE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | SSE 4 | S 6 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | WNW 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 126 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 169 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:35PM2.22m | 6:40AM2.29m | 8:16PM2.29m | 7:32AM2.36m | 8:51PM2.35m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:04PM0.99m | 00:46AM1.41m | 1:49PM0.86m | 1:40AM1.30m | 2:27PM0.74m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Temp °C | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
Feels °C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | -3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | NE 7 | NE 8 | SSW 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 4 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 127 | 29 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 7 | NE 7 | NW 5 | N 7 | — | N 7 | — | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 7 | N 8 | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 5 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | N 7 | — | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | N 8 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SSW 6 | NW 2 | — | WSW 2 | SSW 3 | S 3 | SSE 4 | S 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | W 3 | W 4 | WNW 5 |
| kJ | 126 | 57 | 61 | 62 | 38 | 87 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 169 | 443 | 715 | 320 | 9 | 65 | 123 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 273 | 273 | 181 | 355 | 404 | 380 | 448 | 388 | 424 | 329 | 245 | 217 | 273 | 172 | 380 | 384 | 242 | 181 | 180 |
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