Lowestoft surfForecast / East Anglia / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 22 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
9.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lowestoft today?

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 1PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (22 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)655554444444667777778887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)74625741372926262516910223031424942434874595048
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
2.43
1:42PM
2.27
2:28AM
2.30
2:32PM
2.21
3:44AM
2.19
3:32PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
0.82
8:01PM
0.60
8:26AM
1.04
9:06PM
0.68
9:29AM
1.22
10:21PM
0.72
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-5:41-------5:39-------5:37------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:04-------8:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C988999109887878888791010998
Feels °C (?)322333544433233332444454
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