Lowestoft surfForecast / East Anglia / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
7.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lowestoft today?

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 12PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (21 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.1
N
0.3
ENE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.3
E
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.3
NNW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)444444184181717416163424455566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555533626662551109121714952
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
WSW
10
NW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
N
5
ENE
15
SSE
15
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
2.36
11:06PM
2.62
11:40AM
2.31
11:49PM
2.58
12:20PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
0.28
4:52PM
0.60
5:27AM
0.35
5:31PM
0.60
6:07AM
0.49
6:14PM
0.64
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-5:54-------5:52-------5:48------
Sunset-----6:06-------6:07-------6:09--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C666666678899999986678789
Feels °C (?)322222345666666630135345
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