Gills Bay Surf Forecast

/ Scot – North Coast (31 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Gills Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST

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Gills Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Gills Bay sea temperature is 14.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gills Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Gills Bay at 4PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Evening (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	!	!	!	0	0	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	17	16	15	15	13	11	10	9	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	241	216	187	157	143	141	159	106	71	46	44	41	25	204	1551	1597	2412	3866	4669	2922	1132	470	213	202
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	NE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:09AM 2.12				7:29PM 2.15				8:42AM 2.19				8:49PM 2.32				9:47AM 2.34				9:48PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)			1:24PM 1.14				2:15AM 0.76				2:49PM 1.04				3:25AM 0.57				3:44PM 0.89					4:15AM 0.39

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	14	14	13	12	12
Feels °C (?)	5	6	6	7	7	10	10	9	7	6	5	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	6	7	8	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Gills Bay (moderate winds from the NW at Wick Airport 21 km from Gills Bay). 1.5m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 32 minutes ago Gills Bay

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21 km away, 1 h 32 min ago

28 km/h

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14.1

Air / Water (°C)

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