Cruden Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.41° N 1.86° W

Cruden Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cruden Bay sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.7° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cruden Bay at 11AM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (06 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (06 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Sun morning, calm by Sun night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
3
0.8
S
4
1.4
S
5
1.6
S
6
1.6
S
6
1.7
S
6
1.7
S
6
1.6
S
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.3
S
6
1
S
6
1
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.1
S
6
1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.3
S
5
1.3
S
6
1.5
S
6
1.6
S
6
1.2
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
19
96
157
164
200
217
200
130
116
66
69
99
83
56
80
77
75
99
114
154
196
109
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
SSE
40
S
40
S
35
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
10
SSW
5
NW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
20
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:17AM2.70m
9:48PM2.72m
10:49AM2.84m
11:05PM2.96m
11:57AM3.07m
Low Tide
3:25PM1.23m
4:11AM0.91m
4:49PM1.09m
5:25AM0.60m
5:50PM0.87m
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:18
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:50
7:46
 mm
5
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
12
12
14
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
16
17
16
14
13
13
12
12
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
9
7
4
7
9
9
10
11
15
14
12
11
11
11
7
8
9
8
6
10
8
9
9
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