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Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
7.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banff today?

The current surf forecast for Banff at 9PM is: 0.1m 21s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)21s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
N
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.6
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)1211217718777658876655665777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)329557554432322151422111615883496
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
2.58
10:22AM
2.72
10:51PM
2.70
11:04AM
2.90
11:32PM
2.82
11:41AM
3.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
0.99
4:20AM
1.01
4:47PM
0.82
4:59AM
0.88
5:25PM
0.65
5:34AM
0.76
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------8:40-------8:38-------8:37-
Sunset3:56-------3:59-------4:00-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C654444455544446777777666
Feels °C (?)10-10111200-1-1-1-12324432111
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