Arbroath surf break

Arbroath surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Arbroath surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arbroath sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arbroath today?

The current surf forecast for Arbroath at 9AM is: 1.1m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.9
NNE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)910554109101010101010111111111111115555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23246974321099101010910111118181919190000
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
45
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
15
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
N
25
NNE
35
NNE
45
NNE
55
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
3.75
12:54AM
3.96
1:36PM
3.98
1:39AM
4.24
2:16PM
4.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
0.91
6:51PM
1.26
7:18AM
0.60
7:33PM
1.01
7:57AM
0.35
8:09PM
0.79
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:46-------6:48-------6:50------
Sunset-----7:21-------7:19-------7:15--
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------1-------------334
Temp. °C1314141617151313151616171613121110911141411109
Feels °C (?)554711111012131112121199976813941-2
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Arbroath (strong winds from the SW at Leuchars 26 km from Arbroath). 0.6m 8s swell from the E with a 0.4m 8s swell, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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50 km/h
SW
0.0
14.4
Air / Water (°C)
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