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Brims Ness surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Brims Ness surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Brims Ness sea temperature is
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brims Ness today?

The current surf forecast for Brims Ness at 11AM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)7ft (2.1m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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)
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)171616151514141414131313121212121111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4949426736122925245719991797158513521018760633513413336268199192189144133989468
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
4.38
7:35PM
4.21
7:45AM
4.56
8:14PM
4.36
8:20AM
4.72
8:50PM
4.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
2.11
1:23PM
1.92
1:31AM
1.97
2:01PM
1.71
2:08AM
1.83
2:36PM
1.52
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:51-------8:49-------8:48-----
Sunset----3:56-------3:59-------4:00---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C544554444446776765666556
Feels °C (?)21010-1-1-1-1-1-2-1222321111-1-1-1
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