Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banff today (08 Oct):
- 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 11PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Oct) | - | - |
| 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 ForecastHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during 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 WNW by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 6 | NW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 102 | 128 | 158 | 163 | 124 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 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 | ||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  |  |  |  | |  | |  | | |  | |  | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:21 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | SE 4 | NNE 9 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 9 | NNE 10 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 |
| kJ | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 17 | 18 | 51 | 71 | 65 | 65 | 64 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NNE 9 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | SE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 12 | NNE 12 | NNE 12 | NNE 12 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | — |
| kJ | 28 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 6 | E 5 | — | NE 5 | SE 6 | ESE 4 | NE 8 | SE 6 | NE 12 | SE 6 | — | E 7 | E 7 | N 10 | N 10 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SE 2 | SE 4 | — | — | — | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 6 | NW 6 |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 25 | 40 | 34 | 31 | 21 | 50 | 83 | 102 | 128 | 158 | 163 | 124 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 28 | 31 | 177 | 119 | 16 | 32 | 52 | 654 | 794 | 576 | 548 | 576 | 735 | 548 | 488 | 656 | 656 | 488 | 107 |
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