Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banff today (22 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period with NW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with NNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Banff at 10PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (22 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 6s |
| Evening (22 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Banff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Fri morning, stormy winds from the W by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | NW 6 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | NNW 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | E 4 | E 5 | ESE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | N 13 | N 13 | ESE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 239 | 186 | 117 | 53 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 70 | 112 | 108 | 86 | 85 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 368 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:07PM2.82m | 10:47AM2.84m | 10:46PM3.03m | 11:22AM3.07m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:10PM1.08m | 4:34AM0.58m | 4:48PM0.85m | 5:09AM0.36m | 5:24PM0.62m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:03 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
Feels °C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -5 | 0 | -2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | NNW 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | E 5 | ESE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | N 13 | N 13 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 13 | 186 | 117 | 53 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 70 | 112 | 108 | 86 | 85 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 368 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 9 | E 8 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | — | N 6 | — | N 9 | N 9 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | N 4 | N 8 | — | N 12 |
| kJ | 8 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 7 | SE 8 | — | W 3 | — | N 8 | — | — | — | — | — | N 12 | — | W 3 | N 8 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 2 | E 4 | E 4 | — | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | — | — | SSE 3 | SE 5 | SE 7 | SW 4 |
| kJ | 239 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 14 | — | 16 | 40 | 28 | — | — | 6 | 143 | 627 | 16 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 243 | 214 | 3 | 16 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 115 | 106 | 107 | 106 | 100 | 100 | 18 | 0 | 654 | 654 | 656 | 712 |
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