Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lowestoft today (23 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with N swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Lowestoft at 1AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (23 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 8s |
| Evening (23 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Lowestoft. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat night, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu afternoon, gales from the SSW by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 6 | N 6 | NNW 6 | SSE 4 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | ESE 7 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | N 8 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 57 | 93 | 81 | 38 | 12 | 5 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:16PM2.29m | 7:32AM2.36m | 8:51PM2.35m | 8:19AM2.44m | 9:24PM2.41m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:49PM0.86m | 1:40AM1.30m | 2:27PM0.74m | 2:22AM1.17m | 3:03PM0.62m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 8 |
Temp °C | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
Feels °C | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | -2 | -3 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | S 5 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | N 8 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 |
| kJ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 353 | 141 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 57 | 93 | 81 | 38 | 12 | 5 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 6 | N 6 | NNW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 7 | SE 6 | SW 5 | NE 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | — |
| kJ | 2 | 3 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | ENE 7 | — | E 7 | E 6 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | S 5 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | N 8 | NNW 3 | WNW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | WNW 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | SSW 5 | S 6 | S 8 |
| kJ | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 229 | 443 | 685 | 667 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 114 | 96 | 58 | 27 | 12 | 57 | 478 | 607 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 320 | 279 | 242 | 175 | 389 | 393 | 204 | 242 | 235 | 745 | 670 | 533 | 448 | 344 | 204 | 1031 | 1031 | 667 | 1043 |
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