Armadale Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Armadale Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Armadale Bay at 8PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). 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 (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
4
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)12121212111111111010101092120181716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5014133362642422331851781319694684389544216843865387533253985718566252004765
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
3.30
7:59AM
3.59
8:21PM
3.40
8:32AM
3.75
8:55PM
3.47
9:04AM
3.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38PM
0.70
1:48AM
0.69
2:14PM
0.51
2:22AM
0.56
2:50PM
0.35
2:56AM
0.47
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------8:48-------8:48-------8:45-
Sunset4:00-------4:02-------4:06-------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C776555555355555664456678
Feels °C (?)111100000-30100011-1-101122
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