Arbroath Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.55° N 2.58° W

Arbroath 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Arbroath sea temperature is
13.3°C
1.2° 

Arbroath surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Arbroath today (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Arbroath at 2AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (12 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (12 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

Table - waves today at Arbroath. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon night, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed morning).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
9
0.3
ENE
7
0.6
SE
4
0.8
SE
5
1.3
SSE
6
0.2
E
6
0.2
E
6
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.5
SW
3
0.6
SW
3
0.6
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
9
9
8
9
15
37
108
3
3
3
3
7
2
1
5
8
6
3
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
30
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
15
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:14PM4.49m
3:25AM4.62m
3:46PM4.41m
4:02AM4.49m
4:17PM4.27m
Low Tide
9:09PM0.31m
9:29AM0.17m
9:42PM0.30m
10:02AM0.37m
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light rain
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clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
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10
10
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10
Feels °C
9
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10
8
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6
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