Lowestoft surfForecast / East Anglia / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 BST
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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
8.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lowestoft today?

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 12AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)--
Afternoon (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (10 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)5s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
N
0.1
NE
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.8
SE
1.2
SE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SSE
0.1
N
0.6
S
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)555666777774566675566755
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)223342152315158166712019013211823422722
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
25
W
30
W
25
WNW
15
NW
5
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
2.12
3:47AM
1.95
3:50PM
2.06
5:29AM
1.94
4:58PM
2.04
7:02AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
1.03
9:11AM
1.29
10:34PM
1.08
10:37AM
1.37
12:09AM
1.02
11:57AM
1.37
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:05-------6:03--
Sunset-7:39-------7:40-------7:43------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C191376546887789999997887811
Feels °C (?)1650-1-3-2151111111342-1-11115
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