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)21-05-2026 10:30
Latitude50.11286
Longitude-5.50031
Wave Height (m)0.6
Max Wave Height (m)0.96
Tpeak (s)5.9
Tz (s)3.8
Peak Direction (degrees)177
Spread (degrees)24
Sea Temp (°C)13
Energy Period (s)5.5
Wave Power (kW/m)0.97

Latest Met Data

Latest Met data
Time (GMT)05-03-2026 13:20
Air Pressure (mb)1010.5
Wind Speed (knots)4.9
Wind Speed (ms-1)2.5
Gust Speed (knots)8.7
Gust Speed (ms-1)4.5
Wind direction (°)170
Air Temperature (°C)11.7
Rainfall (mm)0
Erythemal Radiation (W/m2)-
UV Index-
Relative Humidity (%)85.6