Surf Forecasts:
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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave 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 ForecastLight 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | N 7 | NNW 7 | N 8 | NNW 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 47 | 51 | 161 | 635 | 794 | 339 | 499 | 403 | 329 | 273 | 220 | 165 | 142 | 107 | 86 | 59 | 42 | 26 | 18 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | 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 | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 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 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | NNE 7 | E 6 | E 6 | ESE 6 | NNE 8 | SE 7 | S 7 | N 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | W 4 |
| kJ | 34 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 270 | 2 | 1 | 329 | 273 | 220 | 165 | 142 | 107 | 86 | 59 | 42 | 26 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | E 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | E 5 | SE 7 | E 5 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 10 | W 3 | SSE 5 | NNE 7 |
| kJ | 47 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 7 | N 7 | SE 6 | SSW 5 | — | E 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 5 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 |
| kJ | 8 | 16 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | N 7 | NNW 7 | N 8 | NNW 7 | N 8 | N 8 | — | — | — | — | SSE 2 | S 3 | — | SSW 3 | S 5 | W 4 | SSE 5 |
| kJ | — | — | 161 | 635 | 794 | 339 | 499 | 403 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 57 | 1053 | 790 | 589 | 589 | 256 | 157 | 157 | 157 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 200 | 127 | 127 |
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