Cruden Bay surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Cruden Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cruden Bay sea temperature is
14.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cruden Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cruden Bay at 5PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
3
NNE
3
NNE
2.5
NNE
3
NNE
Period(s) (?)666666556666666666668888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)225212160101784834559110410883697150343213940000
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
W
10
SW
15
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
N
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
10
SE
5
ENE
25
NNE
35
NNE
60
NNE
60
NNE
60
N
55
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
2.96
11:57PM
3.13
12:43PM
3.13
12:41AM
3.36
1:20PM
3.27
1:18AM
3.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
1.02
6:15AM
0.44
6:30PM
0.82
6:56AM
0.24
7:07PM
0.64
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:46-------6:48
Sunset---7:19-------7:15-------7:13----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------14520111
Temp. °C1617181614131315161817161514131313131211119910
Feels °C (?)10111312121010101214151514121111111274-1-4-4-1
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cruden Bay (moderate winds from the W at Dyce 31 km from Cruden Bay). 1.7m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 7s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
W
0.0
14.1
Air / Water (°C)
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