Ham Surf Forecast

/ Scot – North Coast (31 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Ham surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 BST

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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 13.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ham today?

The current surf forecast for Ham at 10PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Evening (17 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

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	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	10	15	16	15	7	7	5	5	5	1	1	3	3	3	11	11	10	10	9	2	4	3	11	11
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:58PM 2.79					7:46AM 2.67				7:40PM 2.91				8:18AM 2.81				8:15PM 3.00				8:46AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)					1:26AM 0.36				1:38PM 0.67				2:03AM 0.22				2:15PM 0.50				2:36AM 0.14

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Feels °C (?)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	10	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 25 km from Ham has become light (light winds from the SSE at Wick Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Ham. 0.5m 8s swell from the NW with a 0.2m 7s swell, also from the NW and a 0.1m 9s swell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
59 minutes ago Ham
Wind Update calm at Stornoway Airport mean that is clean at Sandwood Bay. 0.8m 9s swell from the N with a 0.4m 6s windswell from the NW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
59 minutes ago Sandwood Bay

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25 km away, 59 min ago

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