
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banff today (10 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with NNE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Banff at 10PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (10 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 7s |
| Evening (10 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Banff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, calm by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | ESE 7 | N 7 | W 3 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | — | N 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 3 | NW 3 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 00:14AM3.55m | 12:51PM3.34m | 00:54AM3.65m | 1:27PM3.37m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:17PM0.46m | 6:45AM-0.11m | 6:54PM0.35m | 7:22AM-0.13m | 7:30PM0.29m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 7:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:38 | — | |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
Feels °C | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | NW 4 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | — | — | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 |
10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ESE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | — | SE 6 | E 5 | — | — | N 6 | W 14 | SE 8 | — | — | — |
— | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | — | SE 7 | — | — | — | N 6 | — | N 10 | W 14 | — | — | — |
— | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | SE 4 | SW 2 | WSW 3 | W 3 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 3 | — | — | — | SE 5 | SE 4 | SSE 4 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 3 | NW 3 |
24 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 119 | 118 | 62 | 52 | 49 | 52 | 541 | 373 | 106 | 114 | 106 | 117 | 118 | 361 | 373 | 563 | 49 | 275 | 106 |
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