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)12-05-2025 11:00
Latitude51.06279
Longitude1.12854
Wave Height (m)0.16
Max Wave Height (m)0.31
Tpeak (s)7.7
Tz (s)3
Peak Direction (degrees)106
Spread (degrees)25
Sea Temp (°C)14
Energy Period (s)4.1
Wave Power (kW/m)0.05

Latest Met Data

Latest Met data
Time (GMT)12-05-2025 11:50
Air Pressure (mb)1003.2
Wind Speed (knots)7.2
Wind Speed (ms-1)3.6
Gust Speed (knots)12.4
Gust Speed (ms-1)6.2
Wind direction (°)200
Air Temperature (°C)14.7
Rainfall (mm)0
Erythemal Radiation (W/m2)-
UV Index-
Relative Humidity (%)75.4