Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fraserburgh today (20 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 17s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for Fraserburgh at 7PM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 18s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Fraserburgh. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue night, min 8°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 18 | N 18 | N 18 | N 17 | N 17 | NW 15 | NW 14 | E 10 | NW 14 | E 9 | ESE 9 | ENE 10 | NW 15 | ENE 8 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 200 | 8 | 541 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 87 | 60 | 152 | 205 | 203 | 82 | 55 | 34 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 8:33AM2.22m | 8:35PM2.45m | 9:38AM2.40m | 9:34PM2.63m | 10:23AM2.62m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:29PM1.46m | 3:21AM1.03m | 3:35PM1.29m | 4:07AM0.81m | 4:20PM1.07m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Feels °C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 17 | NW 17 | NW 16 | NW 16 | NW 16 | NW 15 | NW 14 | E 10 | NW 14 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 |
| kJ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 200 | 8 | 688 | 1070 | 897 | 567 | 248 | 181 | 140 | 110 | 71 | 82 | 55 | 34 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 18 | N 18 | N 18 | N 17 | N 17 | — | — | — | — | E 9 | — | ENE 10 | NW 15 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | — | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 6 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 541 | — | 60 | 9 | 87 | 54 | — | 15 | 15 | 48 | 20 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 6 | E 6 | ESE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 12 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | — | — | — | — | NW 3 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NW 6 | W 4 | SW 4 | SSW 2 |
| kJ | 418 | 529 | 729 | 882 | 903 | 837 | 827 | 778 | 1259 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 60 | 152 | 205 | 203 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 391 | 204 | 204 | 204 | 189 | 204 | 204 | 162 | 162 | 110 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 397 | 384 | 101 | 80 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
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