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Lowestoft surfForecast / East Anglia / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
6.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lowestoft today?

The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 9PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
1.4
ESE
1.7
ESE
0.4
NNE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2
NE
1.7
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
NE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)885676779999999998888874
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37348919319155175260542639734750783798764598429274208166123994346
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
30
ESE
45
ESE
35
SE
25
ESE
20
NE
35
N
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
2.23
12:50AM
2.56
2:03PM
2.12
1:37AM
2.47
2:57PM
2.04
2:30AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:48PM
1.09
7:36AM
0.57
7:29PM
1.16
8:25AM
0.71
8:16PM
1.22
9:15AM
0.86
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------8:00-------8:00-------7:58-
Sunset3:56-------3:59-------4:00-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C365776445333323333211122
Feels °C (?)-1-1-5-111-4-4-2-4-5-5-6-7-6-6-5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5
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