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Ham surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 GMTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Ham surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ham sea temperature is
10.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Ham today?
The current surf forecast for Ham at 8AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 11). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (GMT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 6ft (1.9m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 6ft (1.8m) | 13s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Ham. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2868 | 1746 | 815 | 1285 | 1110 | 901 | 2595 | 2744 | 3632 | 3298 | 4117 | 5279 | 5867 | 5163 | 4381 | 4322 | 5992 | 7089 | 5861 | 4888 | 3762 | 3298 | 8284 | 10545 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:20PM 2.77 | 2:26AM 2.31 | 2:23PM 2.63 | 3:29AM 2.30 | 3:27PM 2.53 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:53AM 0.92 | 7:51PM 0.60 | 7:58AM 1.08 | 8:59PM 0.72 | 9:14AM 1.15 | 10:08PM 0.78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 8:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:55 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 3:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:18 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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