Melvich Surf Forecast

/ Scot – North Coast (31 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Melvich surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 13 Aug 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 13.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Melvich today?

The current surf forecast for Melvich at 9AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (13 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (13 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Scotland – North Coast Surf

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	Wednesday 13							Thursday 14								Friday 15								Sat 16
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	112	88	110	113	117	159	223	370	356	322	254	204	213	158	132	135	111	103	64	53	62	79	66	63
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	WNW	WNW	WSW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				11:45AM 3.61				11:52PM 3.94				12:26PM 3.48				12:37AM 3.71					1:14PM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40AM -0.04				5:50PM 0.39				6:22AM 0.13				6:33PM 0.55					7:07AM 0.41				7:23PM 0.76

	Wednesday 13							Thursday 14								Friday 15								Sat 16
Sunrise	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	18	21	23	21	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	17	15	18	21	23	21	17	15	15	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Melvich (light winds from the SW at Wick Airport 50 km from Melvich). 0.7m 7s swell from the W with a 0.3m 8s swell from the WNW and a 0.2m 8s swell from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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13.8

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