Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.47° N 1.75° E

Lowestoft 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lowestoft sea temperature is
17.8°C
2.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 2AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Oct)--
Evening (07 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, strong winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
7
0.1
N
6
0.1
N
8
0.2
NNW
7
0.4
NNW
3
0.9
N
4
1.4
N
6
1.4
N
6
1.6
N
7
1.5
N
7
1.4
N
7
1.5
N
7
1.4
N
7
1.2
N
7
1
N
7
0.9
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
0
0
0
163
226
230
199
217
200
156
112
78
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
WSW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
W
20
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
7:33PM2.39m
7:00AM2.37m
8:28PM2.46m
8:03AM2.47m
9:14PM2.49m
Low Tide
1:20AM1.31m
1:54PM0.62m
2:16AM1.18m
2:44PM0.48m
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Temp °C
18
17
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13
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Feels °C
17
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8
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