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Balnakiel Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Balnakiel Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Balnakiel Bay at 2AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)20s
Afternoon (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)18s
Evening (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
2
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.7
W
1.4
WNW
2.2
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)81012222019181717171616161515141414141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1512965004621608346561556079594055164636389134832689221519721772171913091107835591493407
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
3.03
6:00PM
3.01
6:23AM
3.22
6:45PM
3.17
7:03AM
3.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
1.21
11:57AM
1.15
12:13AM
1.05
12:41PM
0.93
12:53AM
0.86
1:20PM
0.71
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----8:56-------8:55-------8:53---
Sunset------4:00-------4:01-------4:04-
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C666666666555566655555666
Feels °C (?)11000-1011111122200121211
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