Cruden Bay surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
7.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cruden Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cruden Bay at 10AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2
SE
2
SE
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.9
SSE
2.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5.5
SSE
5.5
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.2
SE
1.9
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)1010109999678991010101111101099888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17101465124366465440844224653712632786381643585218709170154052243416281289749498322235
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
40
S
45
S
55
S
65
S
70
S
65
S
65
S
60
SSE
65
SSE
70
SSE
65
SW
45
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
2.78
6:00PM
2.99
6:51AM
2.65
6:57PM
2.77
7:48AM
2.57
8:04PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
1.12
12:23AM
0.86
12:36PM
1.26
1:21AM
1.08
1:46PM
1.33
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise--8:42-------8:41-------8:41-----
Sunset----3:45-------3:48-------3:49---
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------132--241-------
Temp. °C445544555444567888888877
Feels °C (?)-5-4-4-4-6-5-4-6-7-10-11-11-9-7-7-7-6-2013333
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