Fraserburgh surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 BST
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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
7.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fraserburgh today?

The current surf forecast for Fraserburgh at 4AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.4
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
1
W
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)888898888777766777777455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1762602652732521731401057654372415120115998379170
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
25
S
20
S
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
40
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
3.16
11:56AM
3.36
12:30AM
3.34
12:36PM
3.52
1:07AM
3.45
1:18PM
3.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
0.53
6:17PM
0.02
6:33AM
0.31
6:56PM
-0.08
7:12AM
0.16
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---5:56-------5:54-------5:50----
Sunset-------8:20-------8:22-------8:23
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2----------11--------1--
Temp. °C9988111213121098898111110998108109
Feels °C (?)421267965310113443313-111
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