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Johnshaven surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Johnshaven surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Johnshaven sea temperature is
7.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Johnshaven today?

The current surf forecast for Johnshaven at 1AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)665555546677776677776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64554143252011203582145130110110140161241282290254135135213251
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
S
0
E
5
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassonononcross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
3.52
1:39PM
3.77
2:07AM
3.63
2:14PM
3.94
2:43AM
3.70
2:48PM
4.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
0.75
7:21AM
0.87
7:47PM
0.55
7:55AM
0.74
8:23PM
0.39
8:29AM
0.66
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----8:30-------8:30-------8:29---
Sunset------4:07-------4:08-------4:10-
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1------11---------11----
Temp. °C876667777666666667777878
Feels °C (?)454345324323334444211200
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