Fraserburgh surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fraserburgh surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fraserburgh sea temperature is
8.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fraserburgh today?

The current surf forecast for Fraserburgh at 1AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)888888877785666121211111110101012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49689064785872706868759112616590484643412321201011
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
W
10
W
10
SSE
0
SSW
25
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
25
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrossoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
2.47
7:45AM
2.40
8:13PM
2.42
8:50AM
2.45
9:21PM
2.48
9:47AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
1.28
1:35AM
1.16
2:11PM
1.25
2:45AM
1.17
3:19PM
1.14
3:43AM
1.11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise------8:41-------8:41-------8:38-
Sunset3:48-------3:51-------3:52-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------64---------11-1-
Temp. °C887776664554433554554445
Feels °C (?)01133334-3-4-5-6-5-5-3-1-2-5-4-4-5-300
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fraserburgh surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest