Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 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
7.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Banff today?

The current surf forecast for Banff at 11AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
NNE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)444455566555544567777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18172626283345606046341711121237721101119259432817
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
3.59
2:12AM
3.41
2:38PM
3.46
2:55AM
3.28
3:29PM
3.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
0.11
8:05PM
0.10
8:23AM
0.12
8:49PM
0.33
9:10AM
0.23
9:36PM
0.62
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-5:50-------5:48-------5:45------
Sunset-----8:28-------8:30-------8:32--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C767998776656676656788877
Feels °C (?)0-1-1222111113320002334545
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