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)17-11-2025 21:30
Latitude50.11238
Longitude-5.50138
Wave Height (m)0.28
Max Wave Height (m)0.34
Tpeak (s)14.3
Tz (s)4.6
Peak Direction (degrees)190
Spread (degrees)14
Sea Temp (°C)12.9
Energy Period (s)7.2
Wave Power (kW/m)0.28

Latest Met Data

Latest Met data
Time (GMT)17-11-2025 22:10
Air Pressure (mb)1026.2
Wind Speed (knots)1.2
Wind Speed (ms-1)0.6
Gust Speed (knots)2.9
Gust Speed (ms-1)1.5
Wind direction (°)250
Air Temperature (°C)6.4
Rainfall (mm)0
Erythemal Radiation (W/m2)-
UV Index-
Relative Humidity (%)62.5