Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 BST
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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
14.9° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Banff today?

The current surf forecast for Banff at 11PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)988887776666554456788866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2862402071621108560443044000000001472082141549338
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SSE
30
SSE
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
3.34
1:11AM
3.66
1:45PM
3.42
1:50AM
3.72
2:22PM
3.42
2:31AM
3.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
0.32
7:34AM
-0.18
7:43PM
0.24
8:12AM
-0.17
8:22PM
0.23
8:51AM
-0.02
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:30--
Sunset-7:50-------7:46-------7:44------
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------111--
Temp. °C181713121111141718141313131415151616151512121316
Feels °C (?)14118766911138888878888988913
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Banff (calm at Lhanbryde wx 41 km from Banff). A 1.4m swell from the E

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41 km away, 54 min ago

0 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.9
Air / Water (°C)
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