Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.41° N 1.86° W

Cruden Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cruden Bay sea temperature is
13.3°C
1.7° 

Cruden Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cruden Bay today (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cruden Bay at 3AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (09 Oct)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Sat morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
6
0.4
SSW
3
0.8
S
4
1.3
S
5
1.4
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.8
SW
5
0.8
SSW
5
0.5
NNE
12
0.1
E
7
0.7
SSW
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.2
SSW
5
0.1
SW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
3
18
76
117
72
52
42
30
13
7
35
31
0
1
24
10
3
1
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
25
SSW
35
S
40
S
30
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
W
40
W
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
00:29AM3.51m
1:08PM3.43m
1:09AM3.64m
1:42PM3.51m
Low Tide
6:19PM0.67m
6:44AM0.07m
6:59PM0.48m
7:22AM0.00m
7:35PM0.33m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
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7:26
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7:28
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6:23
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6:21
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6:17
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1
5
4
1
3
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Temp °C
11
10
9
10
11
10
11
11
12
10
9
9
10
9
8
11
11
10
10
Feels °C
8
4
1
2
6
7
9
4
6
5
3
3
4
0
-1
1
1
1
2
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