Banff surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 13 Dec 2025 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
9.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Banff today?

The current surf forecast for Banff at 10AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (13 Dec)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (13 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.1
N
0.2
NNE
0.1
NE
0.2
ESE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.5
SE
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101091999499989233439594
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)605838381817883221110245410203
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
30
S
40
S
45
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
30
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
45
S
35
S
20
WNW
15
NW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
2.48
6:41PM
2.66
7:41AM
2.51
7:45PM
2.62
8:32AM
2.59
8:43PM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
1.28
1:34AM
0.85
1:58PM
1.21
2:28AM
0.88
2:54PM
1.10
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
Sunrise--8:44-------8:45-------8:45-----
Sunset----3:22-------3:22-------3:22---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------2--------
Temp. °C6778910121211111212121314888888888
Feels °C (?)11-1-2-11566577647346554554
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