Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banff today (09 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for Banff at 5PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (09 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 6s |
| Evening (09 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Banff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Fri night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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) | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 7 | N 7 | NNE 7 | N 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | N 7 | N 7 | W 3 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 92 | 61 | 40 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 11:29AM3.06m | 11:31PM3.34m | 12:12PM3.23m | 00:14AM3.55m | 12:51PM3.34m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:36PM0.63m | 6:05AM0.03m | 6:17PM0.46m | 6:45AM-0.11m | 6:54PM0.35m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  | |  |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:42 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | N 7 | NNE 7 | N 7 | NNE 7 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | ESE 4 | SE 4 | SE 7 | SE 7 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 |
| kJ | — | 61 | 40 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | N 8 | NE 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ESE 6 | NNE 7 | N 7 | N 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | N 7 | N 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | N 7 | — | — | — | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | — | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 7 | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 6 | — | — | — | — | SSE 2 | SSE 2 | — | SSE 2 | SSE 3 | SSE 4 | SW 3 | SW 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 92 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 146 | 146 | 119 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 118 | 118 | 117 | 116 | 114 | 62 | 52 | 550 | 541 | 373 | 106 | 106 | 115 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland - East Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Banff surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest