National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes

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Note that these are real-time data and are not quality-controlled. Long-range graphs are plotted from a randomised subsample of half-hourly data.

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Live water level data (OD) Data (GMT) (updated every 5 seconds)

This one-second stream of data to the website is experimental and is being developed in conjunction with Fugro GB Limited

Latest Wave Data

Latest Wave Data
Time (GMT)10-03-2026 05:30
Latitude51.06264
Longitude1.12816
Wave Height (m)0.19
Max Wave Height (m)0.27
Tpeak (s)12.5
Tz (s)4
Peak Direction (degrees)129
Spread (degrees)59
Sea Temp (°C)9.8
Energy Period (s)7.9
Wave Power (kW/m)0.14

Latest Met Data

Latest Met data
Time (GMT)10-03-2026 06:30
Air Pressure (mb)1007.3
Wind Speed (knots)9.7
Wind Speed (ms-1)5
Gust Speed (knots)14.6
Gust Speed (ms-1)7.5
Wind direction (°)310
Air Temperature (°C)7.4
Rainfall (mm)0
Erythemal Radiation (W/m2)-
UV Index-
Relative Humidity (%)89.9