Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.41° N 1.86° W

Cruden Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cruden Bay sea temperature is
13.4°C
1.5° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cruden Bay at 2AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (03 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (03 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds.

Fri
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSE
6
2.1
SSE
6
1.6
SSW
7
1.9
S
7
1.4
SSE
7
1.2
SSE
7
1
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
5
1.1
S
5
1.4
SSW
5
1.5
S
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
5
1.5
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
238
339
235
338
168
121
80
57
26
24
41
32
54
105
139
122
102
126
126
Wind (km/h)
45
S
45
S
30
SSW
20
WSW
10
W
20
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
S
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:29PM2.98m
6:17AM2.91m
6:36PM2.78m
7:47AM2.71m
8:07PM2.71m
Low Tide
11:45PM0.69m
12:19PM1.08m
00:58AM0.89m
1:41PM1.30m
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light rain
clear
clear
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clear
clear
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clear
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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7:16
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6:39
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6:37
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6:35
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4
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Temp °C
14
15
14
13
12
11
11
13
14
15
14
13
11
11
11
13
14
14
16
Feels °C
6
7
9
9
9
6
7
10
9
11
10
9
6
5
3
7
8
7
11
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