Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.47° N 1.75° E

Lowestoft 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lowestoft sea temperature is
17.9°C
2.0° 

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 (1.1m), 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) & DateWave HeightWave 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 Forecast

Light 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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NE
5
0.6
ENE
5
0.5
NE
5
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
1
SSE
5
1
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
5
1
S
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.7
S
4
0.1
NE
7
0.4
S
4
0.3
S
4
0.3
NE
7
0.2
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
7
0.3
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
19
14
21
28
40
49
64
51
28
18
2
5
2
7
4
4
4
7
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
W
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NE
0
SE
Wind State
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
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:50
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:52
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
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
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Lowestoft surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest