Montrose surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 BST
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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
7.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Montrose today?

The current surf forecast for Montrose at 10PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.6
ENE
1
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.1
NE
0.2
ENE
0.4
SE
0.2
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)778656666666666656556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)105884566125184139154154127119115905724103441111
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
4.44
2:35AM
4.44
2:42PM
4.65
3:12AM
4.57
3:25PM
4.76
3:51AM
4.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16PM
0.03
8:32AM
0.36
8:55PM
-0.11
9:11AM
0.16
9:34PM
-0.09
9:51AM
0.08
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:56-------5:52--
Sunset-8:19-------8:21-------8:22------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1----------1-------
Temp. °C131110999910121210999101012119777910
Feels °C (?)755433345643345576533357
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