Palmer Cove surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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Palmer Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Palmer Cove sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Palmer Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Palmer Cove at 4AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNW
1
NNW
0.8
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)66699991099910101091010101099101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1096941139142141103140149136139132105806971774038425869109210
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
10
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
40
SW
45
SW
30
WSW
35
W
25
W
15
WSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:17PM
2.51
9:30AM
2.55
9:38PM
2.68
10:37AM
2.72
10:37PM
2.93
11:23AM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
0.87
3:52PM
1.16
4:26AM
0.64
4:48PM
0.97
5:16AM
0.42
5:30PM
0.78
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:43-------6:45-------6:47----
Sunset-------7:24-------7:22-------7:19
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121211111312131415151514161717151312121314161615
Feels °C (?)68987561110989881188991012141513
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Palmer Cove (calm at Inverurie wx 42 km from Palmer Cove). 0.6m 5s windswell from the NNW with a 0.4m 9s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 km/h
SE
0.0
14.4
Air / Water (°C)
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