Armadale Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 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
8.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Armadale Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Armadale Bay at 6PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
3
1
2
0
0
!
3
4
3
2
1
2
2
3
4
5
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3
NW
2.3
NW
1.7
W
2.2
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
W
0.6
W
1.3
WNW
2.2
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)1212111212118999999912232119181817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)255420081340773129717821408158811388756593972759622837115253380589169666489606247674242
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
40
W
40
W
30
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
30
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
2.80
5:01AM
2.87
5:25PM
2.87
5:56AM
3.02
6:20PM
3.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
1.46
10:45PM
1.31
11:22AM
1.33
11:45PM
1.20
12:16PM
1.13
12:32AM
1.04
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise8:56-------8:55-------8:53-------
Sunset--3:52-------3:55-------3:56-----
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C545555553555565445544433
Feels °C (?)1-1-1-3-3-5-5-2-2-1-2-2-2000010-100-1-1
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