Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banff today (08 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NNE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for Banff at 6PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (08 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (08 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Banff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, near gales from the W by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | WNW 4 | W 4 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | W 4 | WNW 5 | W 5 | W 5 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NNW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 46 | 30 | 43 | 33 | 37 | 87 | 119 | 152 | 169 | 237 | 159 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:11AM3.05m | 11:11PM3.30m | 11:49AM3.20m | 11:52PM3.43m | 12:24PM3.30m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:18PM0.66m | 5:43AM0.09m | 5:56PM0.48m | 6:20AM0.04m | 6:32PM0.36m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | |  | |  |  | |  | |  | | | | |  |  |  | |
 | 7:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:21 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 9 | NNW 5 | N 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | SE 4 | NNE 9 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNW 5 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 9 | NNE 10 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 |
| kJ | 28 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 32 | 33 | 17 | 18 | 51 | 68 | 66 | 45 | 64 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NNE 9 | SE 4 | NE 6 | ESE 6 | NE 7 | NNE 10 | NNE 12 | NNE 12 | NNE 12 | NNE 12 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | — | 28 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | E 5 | — | NE 5 | NE 5 | ESE 4 | NE 8 | SE 6 | NNE 7 | SE 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | N 10 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | W 3 | — | — | SSE 3 | SE 4 | — | — | WNW 2 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | WNW 5 | W 5 | W 5 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NNW 6 |
| kJ | 29 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 10 | — | — | 1 | 18 | 46 | 30 | 43 | 31 | 37 | 87 | 119 | 152 | 169 | 237 | 159 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 107 | 106 | 28 | 31 | 177 | 115 | 28 | 28 | 52 | 654 | 794 | 1319 | 541 | 656 | 656 | 574 | 656 | 654 | 656 | 488 | 488 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland - East Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Banff surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest