Brims Ness surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Brims Ness today?

The current surf forecast for Brims Ness at 4AM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)16ft (5.0m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
N
0.9
N
2.4
WSW
3.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
3.5
W
2
W
1
N
2
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
1.7
N
1.4
N
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
2.3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)9915151010871010101099788109999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16013224124547513944911536374181763788683505327279334324940139814371344146912561170
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SW
60
WSW
65
WSW
50
W
35
W
25
W
5
WNW
10
SE
20
S
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
NW
40
NNW
40
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
4.32
7:25PM
4.52
8:15AM
4.54
8:10PM
4.78
8:53AM
4.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
1.80
1:15PM
2.17
1:43AM
1.49
1:59PM
1.92
2:25AM
1.26
2:37PM
1.71
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------7:27-------7:23-------7:21
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1----------1------11----
Temp. °C141414141515141312121212141516141412101010101010
Feels °C (?)118654346711108779987213223
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Brims Ness (fresh winds from the SSW at Wick Airport 38 km from Brims Ness). 1.5m 7s swell from the WSW with a 1.0m 9s swell from the N and a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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31 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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