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Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 09 Jan 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
8.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banff today?

The current surf forecast for Banff at 8AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)9s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.2
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.6
ESE
1.3
E
0.9
E
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.2
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SE
2
SE
Period(s) (?)6667889101010101010999886666611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51352214331344882299891391983274065455141741323599000000
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
0
SSW
5
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
S
25
S
35
SSE
50
SSE
55
SSE
60
SSE
55
S
50
SSE
45
S
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
3.07
4:42AM
2.61
4:45PM
2.82
5:32AM
2.49
5:42PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
0.95
10:29PM
0.61
10:30AM
1.10
11:18PM
0.85
11:27AM
1.22
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise--8:48-------8:47-------8:45-----
Sunset----3:45-------3:47-------3:48---
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1--------------11-----
Temp. °C323443332223202333346678
Feels °C (?)-100-1-1-3-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-8-7-8-9-11-9-7-4-4-30
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