Banff Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.67° N 2.52° W

Banff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Banff sea temperature is
14.6°C
1.5° 

Banff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Banff today (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Banff at 5AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (02 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (02 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Wed morning, strong winds from the W by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WNW
4
0.6
WNW
4
0.4
NNW
4
0.4
NNW
4
0.4
N
12
0.5
N
12
0.6
N
12
0.7
N
11
0.6
N
11
0.6
N
11
0.5
N
10
0.5
N
10
0.4
N
10
0.4
N
9
0.4
N
9
0.3
N
9
0.3
N
9
0.3
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.2
N
8
1.4
W
5
1.5
W
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
10
6
7
47
71
93
118
84
79
50
48
30
28
26
14
13
12
12
12
5
5
100
121
Wind (km/h)
25
W
15
NW
15
NW
5
N
10
ENE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
S
20
WSW
30
W
25
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
WSW
45
W
50
W
50
W
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:25AM3.26m
3:52PM2.97m
4:09AM3.06m
4:37PM2.80m
5:04AM2.83m
5:35PM2.62m
Low Tide
9:40AM0.41m
9:52PM0.62m
10:23AM0.65m
10:40PM0.79m
11:17AM0.92m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:13
6:15
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8:06
8:04
8:00
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
14
14
15
15
17
18
17
15
14
12
13
15
15
16
15
14
Feels °C
7
9
9
10
11
8
8
9
11
12
12
10
12
15
15
11
10
7
7
8
7
7
6
4
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