Balmedie surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 Oct 2025 BST
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Balmedie surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Balmedie sea temperature is
13.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Balmedie today?

The current surf forecast for Balmedie at 6PM is: 5.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (03 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (03 Oct)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
3
SSE
5
SSE
3.5
S
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.3
SE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
3
N
2.4
N
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)888910998998888966111053555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72765589941522118226519076432781577825622650041143735
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
35
S
55
SSE
75
SSE
70
SSW
65
SW
60
WSW
45
W
45
W
55
W
60
W
55
W
60
WNW
55
WNW
60
WNW
65
WNW
55
WNW
40
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
2.80
11:29PM
3.05
12:11PM
3.10
12:10AM
3.36
12:49PM
3.40
12:49AM
3.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
1.19
5:49AM
0.66
6:03PM
0.90
6:28AM
0.30
6:43PM
0.62
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset--6:37-------6:35-------6:32-----
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-273--2----------------
Temp. °C14131115111111101010911101010101112121313121213
Feels °C (?)9602-4-2-110-2-4-1-3-2-3-4-137999811
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Aberdeen (strong winds from the SSE at Aberdeen/Dyce Airport 9 km from Aberdeen). A 2.8m swell from the SE

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1 h 44 min ago

22 km/h
SE
Onshore
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