Fraserburgh surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
7.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fraserburgh today?

The current surf forecast for Fraserburgh at 6AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.9
SE
0.1
N
0.9
SE
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
1
E
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1110101010916168888887767677666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98887755111111110103235100
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
2.59
10:35AM
2.73
11:04PM
2.72
11:17AM
2.91
11:45PM
2.83
11:54AM
3.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
0.99
4:56PM
0.80
5:09AM
0.86
5:35PM
0.63
5:44AM
0.74
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----8:37-------8:37-------8:34---
Sunset------3:56-------3:59-------4:00-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C444345556667777878877777
Feels °C (?)-101-1120-11123222534423232
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