Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 06 Mar 2026 GMT
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Banff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banff sea temperature is
6.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banff today?

The current surf forecast for Banff at 3AM is: 0.2m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (07 Mar)--
Evening (07 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)20s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
ESE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)4444510-212020191919165141417666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22222208877775244510981177
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
3.16
2:06PM
3.31
2:27AM
3.01
2:42PM
3.08
2:59AM
2.82
3:20PM
2.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
0.20
7:53AM
0.46
8:17PM
0.43
8:23AM
0.58
8:45PM
0.69
8:54AM
0.75
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:48-------6:46-------6:43---
Sunset------5:52-------5:55-------5:58-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C5446811121086534811978788111110
Feels °C (?)-1-2-202686310-2-146413332678
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