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Johnshaven surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 11 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
7.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Johnshaven today?

The current surf forecast for Johnshaven at 2PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (11 Jan)15ft (4.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SE
3.5
SSE
3
SE
3.5
SE
4.5
SE
4.5
SSE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SE
2.3
SSE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)89910101010109988887777666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1473187116842501360538691857123311697667044753552441741278944322617151116
Wind
(km/h)
50
S
45
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
N
10
SSE
10
SSW
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
20
WNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncrossoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
3.11
7:44PM
3.22
8:31AM
3.00
8:49PM
3.06
9:33AM
2.97
10:00PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
1.40
1:55AM
1.22
2:19PM
1.50
3:02AM
1.38
3:36PM
1.49
4:13AM
1.41
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise8:38-------8:37-------8:37-------
Sunset--3:53-------3:56-------3:57-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3222121----------1653---
Temp. °C4456710898998765556654433
Feels °C (?)-7-7-4-4-41-20-111012123330-3-5-4-3
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