Arbroath Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.55° N 2.58° W

Arbroath 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Arbroath sea temperature is
14.6° C
0.5° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Arbroath at 4PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 04). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (04 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (04 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Wed afternoon).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ESE
6
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
1.2
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
6
0.9
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.4
ENE
6
0.3
ENE
6
0.6
SW
4
0.3
ENE
6
0.2
ENE
6
0.6
NNE
7
0.6
NNE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
103
1
1
2
130
107
79
60
35
23
11
8
14
6
3
31
39
33
34
34
34
Wind (km/h)
30
E
25
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
0
NNE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
WNW
10
S
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:43PM3.83m
6:50AM4.02m
7:29PM3.68m
7:43AM3.81m
8:27PM3.52m
Low Tide
12:20PM0.51m
00:31AM0.94m
1:03PM0.71m
1:18AM1.10m
1:54PM0.96m
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:16
5:18
5:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:15
9:13
9:10
 mm
4
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
15
15
16
15
15
16
15
16
17
18
17
14
14
14
14
14
16
16
17
15
Feels °C
10
12
13
17
16
15
15
12
11
12
14
11
10
10
11
11
11
14
13
14
12
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