Farr Bay surf break

Farr Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Farr Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Farr Bay sea temperature is
8.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Farr Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Farr Bay at 10AM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)7ft (2.1m)14s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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5
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)161616151514141414131313121212121111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4402395532872762221519991772155913091002746610501413336264242192185141131969468
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
3.20
7:06PM
3.16
7:23AM
3.40
7:45PM
3.30
7:59AM
3.59
8:21PM
3.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.92
1:12AM
0.86
1:38PM
0.70
1:48AM
0.69
2:14PM
0.51
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:52-------8:51-------8:49-----
Sunset----4:00-------4:01-------4:04---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C444554444445766665666544
Feels °C (?)-10000-1-1-1-1-1-101222212210-2-2
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