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Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 20 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
6.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banff today?

The current surf forecast for Banff at 9AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (20 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
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 (?)
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.8
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
0.3
N
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121111111110121111111919191919191716455205
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25242221219811109277292977651952706798
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SW
0
NW
5
SE
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
WSW
30
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31PM
3.64
1:00AM
3.42
1:09PM
3.63
1:36AM
3.37
1:50PM
3.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
0.26
6:50PM
-0.10
7:01AM
0.20
7:26PM
-0.01
7:39AM
0.22
8:05PM
0.19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise--6:13-------6:09-------6:07-----
Sunset-----6:22-------6:24-------6:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9101114151412111098910989991078753
Feels °C (?)457121412976656643554400-1-4-6
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