Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.47° N 1.75° E

Lowestoft 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lowestoft sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.5° 

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 (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 9PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (31 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon night, min 10°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NNE by Mon night).

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SE
3
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.9
NNE
4
1.1
NNE
5
1.2
NNE
6
1.2
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
6
1.5
NNE
6
1.5
NNE
7
1.6
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
28
66
90
100
119
175
204
222
294
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
0
SSW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
35
N
35
NNE
30
N
35
N
35
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
12:58PM2.44m
1:04AM2.40m
2:05PM2.33m
1:59AM2.36m
3:37PM2.27m
Low Tide
6:56PM1.08m
7:36AM0.77m
7:54PM1.27m
8:47AM0.81m
clear
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
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clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
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Temp °C
10
11
11
11
10
10
10
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11
10
10
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11
Feels °C
8
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10
11
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8
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4
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5
3
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