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)19-02-2026 00:00
Latitude50.11219
Longitude-5.50087
Wave Height (m)1.09
Max Wave Height (m)1.58
Tpeak (s)10.5
Tz (s)6.7
Peak Direction (degrees)180
Spread (degrees)15
Sea Temp (°C)9.9
Energy Period (s)8.7
Wave Power (kW/m)5.06

Latest Met Data

Latest Met data
Time (GMT)19-02-2026 00:20
Air Pressure (mb)991.5
Wind Speed (knots)5.1
Wind Speed (ms-1)2.6
Gust Speed (knots)16.3
Gust Speed (ms-1)8.4
Wind direction (°)290
Air Temperature (°C)8
Rainfall (mm)0
Erythemal Radiation (W/m2)-
UV Index-
Relative Humidity (%)82.1