Melvich surf break

Melvich surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Oct 2025 BST
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Melvich surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Melvich sea temperature is
13.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Melvich today?

The current surf forecast for Melvich at 10AM is: 7.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)25ft (7.5m)12s
Afternoon (04 Oct)31ft (9.5m)13s
Evening (04 Oct)31ft (9.5m)14s

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

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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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0
0
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2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WNW
6.5
NW
7.5
WNW
9
WNW
9.5
WNW
9.5
NW
9.5
NW
9
NW
8.5
NW
7.5
NW
6.5
NW
5.5
NW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
W
2.4
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)911121314141414131312121211111199101111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)451499821610525102337183674233607305372417517081123748521287121811555126915281701196820202177245129733637
Wind
(km/h)
65
WNW
65
W
70
W
80
WNW
75
WNW
75
WNW
75
WNW
70
WNW
60
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
3.20
7:09PM
3.53
7:46AM
3.51
7:47PM
3.85
8:21AM
3.78
8:24PM
4.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.89
1:34AM
0.31
1:47PM
0.57
2:12AM
-0.03
2:26PM
0.29
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:24-------7:26-------7:30-----
Sunset----6:42-------6:38-------6:36---
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
711432211---------------
Temp. °C9999999910101012121212121414151717161514
Feels °C (?)-4-5-6-7-6-6-6-5-3-2-1465679910131311108
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Melvich (near gales from the W at Altnaharra NO 2 43 km from Melvich). A 6.6m groundswell from the NW is too big for here

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43 km away, 41 min ago

59 km/h
W
0.0
13.2
Air / Water (°C)
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