Kyle of Tongue surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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Kyle of Tongue surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kyle of Tongue sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kyle of Tongue today?

The current surf forecast for Kyle of Tongue at 2AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s

Table - waves today at Kyle of Tongue. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NNW
2
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.7
NW
1.7
NNW
2.2
NNW
2
NNW
1.7
N
1.4
N
1.5
N
1.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)999999999991010101010121210999911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)724664665601544430333289248211185163135128136167149731874688486318397331
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
45
SSW
70
SW
70
SW
80
SW
80
WSW
65
WSW
35
W
15
W
10
W
5
ESE
10
S
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
2.74
5:56PM
2.98
6:46AM
2.93
6:53PM
3.23
7:33AM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
1.01
11:45AM
1.19
12:27AM
0.75
12:46PM
0.94
1:18AM
0.47
1:30PM
0.70
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:54----
Sunset-------7:32-------7:30-------7:27
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1-------------1----
Temp. °C131212111312141313131414141414131312121214151514
Feels °C (?)10101188610109410-1-1271010111098911
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 30 km from Thurso Reef has become light (light winds from the W at Wick Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Thurso Reef. 1.5m 9s swell from the NNW with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the W and a 0.4m 10s swell from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Thurso Reef
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