Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.47° N 1.75° E

Lowestoft 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lowestoft sea temperature is
18.0°C
2.2° 

Lowestoft surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


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 (1.0m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 8PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (30 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (30 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed morning, light winds from the ESE by Thu night).

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
5
1
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.2
NNE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.3
NE
6
0.2
NNE
6
0.2
NNE
6
0.2
NNE
6
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
64
53
37
29
5
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
4
4
4
4
6
6
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
NE
5
ESE
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:26PM2.67m
00:56AM2.40m
1:11PM2.60m
1:38AM2.35m
2:03PM2.49m
Low Tide
6:42PM0.59m
6:50AM0.75m
7:23PM0.75m
7:37AM0.81m
8:11PM0.95m
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cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
21
20
19
19
19
18
17
16
16
19
20
18
18
17
17
16
15
18
19
17
18
Feels °C
18
17
16
17
17
15
15
14
12
15
17
16
16
14
14
13
12
14
14
13
14
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