Balnakiel Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 29 Nov 2025 GMT
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Balnakiel Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Balnakiel Bay sea temperature is
11.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Balnakiel Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Balnakiel Bay at 5AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (30 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (30 Nov)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
N
3
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.3
WSW
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)121212111111111011111111131312161515151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32672888222218001542898764489517459459430653643584266729823314329440764314461845053724
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
NNE
30
W
35
WSW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19AM
2.98
3:19PM
3.27
4:16AM
3.23
4:19PM
3.47
5:06AM
3.49
5:15PM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
0.88
9:15AM
1.30
9:56PM
0.68
10:21AM
1.06
10:54PM
0.45
11:19AM
0.75
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Sunrise----8:40-------8:41-------8:42---
Sunset------3:33-------3:33-------3:32-
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11-------22----21132-----
Temp. °C566555544346777777898887
Feels °C (?)-1-100110-2-3-3-1134334000-1011
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