Armadale Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Armadale Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Armadale Bay sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Armadale Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Armadale Bay at 2AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)18ft (5.5m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
3
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
N
0.7
W
2.5
WSW
4
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
W
3
W
2
WNW
1.6
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.3
NNW
1.9
N
1.5
N
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
2
N
2.5
N
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
N
Period(s) (?)916151410108791010109978810910101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1992513178696756864193125435045110661086959641373302419324824111120401922151312071263
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
35
SSW
45
SW
60
SW
70
WSW
60
WSW
45
W
35
W
20
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
20
S
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
3.15
7:01PM
3.45
7:41AM
3.37
7:44PM
3.69
8:18AM
3.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33AM
0.79
12:53PM
1.01
1:25AM
0.51
1:38PM
0.77
2:05AM
0.28
2:16PM
0.56
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:54----
Sunset-------7:29-------7:25-------7:22
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
1----------1------11-11-
Temp. °C14131414141514131212121214151514131210101091010
Feels °C (?)116530457811109678965212133
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Armadale Bay (moderate winds from the S at Altnaharra NO 2 36 km from Armadale Bay). 1.8m 7s swell from the WSW with a 1.1m 9s swell from the NNE and a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the W. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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22 km/h
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0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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