Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scotland - East Coast
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‘Coldingham Bay report: Knee High Windswell Waves. 04ft 09sec N Swell Increasing. Light Cross On Shore NE Wind Weather is Sun and Cloud’
Secret spot?We can hide it! Balmedie Surf Forecast / Scotland – East Coast / UK2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 06 am Sunday 03 Jun 2012Balmedie surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 10 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 216 | 216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 98 | 89 | 92 | 68 | 46 | 93 | 295 | 91 | 71 | 34 | 13 | 2 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | off | cross- off |
off | off | on | cross- on |
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cross | cross- off |
glass | on | cross- on |
on | on | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Balmedie blow from the NW
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High Tide / height (m) |
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2:00PM 4.31 |
2:18AM 4.35 |
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2:52PM 4.36 |
3:05AM 4.40 |
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3:43PM 4.31 |
3:52AM 4.38 |
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4:34PM 4.19 |
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4:39AM 4.29 |
5:26PM 4.00 |
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5:26AM 4.14 |
6:19PM 3.79 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
7:37AM 0.55 |
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8:01PM 0.56 |
8:28AM 0.40 |
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8:49PM 0.60 |
9:18AM 0.33 |
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9:37PM 0.71 |
10:08AM 0.36 |
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10:25PM 0.88 |
10:59AM 0.49 |
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11:13PM 1.08 |
11:50AM 0.68 |
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12:02AM 1.28 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Aberdeen, Scotland which is 17 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Balmedie. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Balmedie sea temperature is 10.8 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 10.1 max: 12.0 min: 8.6 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sun night, calm by Tue morning). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | some clouds | clear | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||
| High °C | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | ||||||
| Low °C | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 11 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| Sunrise | 4:16 | - | - | 4:16 | - | - | 4:15 | - | - | 4:13 | - | - | 4:13 | - | - | 4:13 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | 21:55 | - | - | 21:57 | - | - | 21:58 | - | - | 22:00 | - | - | 22:00 | - | - | 22:01 | - | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Balmedie surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Balmedie at:
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Information about the Balmedie Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Balmedie provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at Balmedie can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Balmedie surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Balmedie) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Balmedie may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Are you planning a holiday in East Coast? If you are looking for accommodation near Balmedie, camping, hotels and holiday cottages in East Coast, consider staying in Aberdeen which is 14 km (9 miles) away. Other places in and around East Coast where you can find information about places to rent, and car hire include Charlestown which is 22 km (14 miles) away, Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Macduff.
