Fraserburgh Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.68° N 1.99° W

Fraserburgh 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fraserburgh sea temperature is
14.8° C
1.1° 

Fraserburgh surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fraserburgh today (05 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Fraserburgh at 11PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)--
Afternoon (05 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (05 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Mainly near gales.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
1.3
N
7
2.5
NNW
7
2.5
N
8
1.9
NNW
7
2.1
N
8
1.9
N
8
1.7
N
8
1.6
NNE
8
1.4
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
7
0.8
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.5
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
51
161
635
794
339
499
403
329
273
220
165
142
107
86
59
42
26
18
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
20
NW
40
NW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
S
20
S
20
S
15
SW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:21PM2.75m
5:34AM2.88m
6:17PM2.64m
6:39AM2.72m
7:26PM2.56m
Low Tide
11:19PM0.89m
11:58AM0.76m
00:21AM1.00m
1:08PM0.92m
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:11
5:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:15
9:14
9:10
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
13
12
12
12
12
13
14
14
13
13
13
14
16
18
18
18
15
Feels °C
16
13
6
2
3
4
4
7
9
11
10
9
9
11
12
14
13
13
10
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