Montrose surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 10 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
7.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Montrose today?

The current surf forecast for Montrose at 5PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (10 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
E
2.2
E
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
E
1.6
SE
0.9
ENE
0.6
E
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SE
4
SE
4.5
SE
4
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)109999888899101010101099888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1092866437365351330109430021773009419632651801123383561247931423317411579
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
40
S
45
S
40
S
40
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
55
SSW
50
SSW
50
SW
45
SW
40
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
SE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
3.53
7:10PM
3.73
7:57AM
3.36
8:07PM
3.47
8:54AM
3.25
9:13PM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:36PM
1.32
1:16AM
1.05
1:30PM
1.51
2:12AM
1.33
2:37PM
1.63
3:20AM
1.51
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise8:40-------8:38-------8:37-------
Sunset--3:52-------3:55-------3:56-----
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C3334443334567109888865565
Feels °C (?)-3-3-3-2-2-4-6-7-7-6-3-3-4-1-2-3-2-1322243
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