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Montrose surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 GMT
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Montrose surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Montrose sea temperature is
7.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Montrose today?

The current surf forecast for Montrose at 8PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
1
SE
0.7
E
1
ESE
1.2
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
SE
1.7
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
Period(s) (?)555667776667777766777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)184227671157963457312913315716118722026816722439355473583813031091
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
ENE
5
E
15
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
4.09
2:28AM
3.95
2:35PM
4.26
3:04AM
4.01
3:09PM
4.38
3:39AM
4.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
0.62
8:18AM
0.81
8:45PM
0.43
8:52AM
0.71
9:20PM
0.29
9:25AM
0.66
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------8:30-------8:29-------8:26-
Sunset4:07-------4:09-------4:12-------
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light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-22--------1-----------1
Temp. °C676666566667777877777777
Feels °C (?)222332234443111210-1-2-2-3-2-2
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