Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 28 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 4PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (28 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
NW
1.2
NNW
1
N
0.8
N
0.6
N
0.3
N
1.7
W
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.7
NW
1.2
N
1
N
0.9
N
Period(s) (?)6666667771266656666666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)193225292309214127895834241802001681492002653093253342862121199785
Wind
(km/h)
50
WNW
50
W
50
W
50
WNW
40
WNW
25
W
20
SSW
30
SSE
35
SSW
50
W
50
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
45
WNW
30
WNW
15
W
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
2.62
9:04PM
2.64
9:04AM
2.85
9:59PM
2.84
9:56AM
3.09
10:40PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
0.71
3:17AM
1.07
3:48PM
0.46
4:06AM
0.86
4:33PM
0.26
4:46AM
0.67
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise5:50------5:48-------5:45-------5:43
Sunset---6:39-------6:42-------6:44----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------112---11-------
Temp. °C666654448765544456776667
Feels °C (?)-5-6-6-6-5-3-2-4-1-4-5-7-6-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-223
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