Nigg Bay surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 BST
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Nigg Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nigg Bay sea temperature is
13.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nigg Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Nigg Bay at 5PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (14 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)3s
Evening (14 Sep)5ft (1.5m)5s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
1.2
SE
1.7
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SE
1.7
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1
ESE
1.2
SE
0.9
SSE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.2
SSW
0.3
NE
0.2
SSW
0.4
NNE
0.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)663567777787788777647567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)231596517648646531122517413314777156200174115673317200
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
20
S
25
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
30
NW
35
NNW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
3.59
7:58AM
3.65
8:33PM
3.44
9:34AM
3.53
10:03PM
3.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
1.48
1:15AM
1.50
2:02PM
1.82
2:52AM
1.63
3:44PM
1.96
4:34AM
1.50
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:39-------6:41
Sunset---7:30-------7:28-------7:24----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----396---11------------
Temp. °C121213141113131212141613131211121416161312121111
Feels °C (?)11787371010912138666689977778
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Aberdeen (moderate winds from the S at Aberdeen/Dyce Airport 9 km from Aberdeen). A 0.6m local chop from the SSE

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2 h 25 min ago

17 km/h
SSE
Cross-On
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