Point of Ness surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 19 Oct 2025 BST
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Point of Ness surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Point of Ness sea temperature is
13.0° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Point of Ness today?

The current surf forecast for Point of Ness at 1AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (19 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (19 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Point of Ness. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
W
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
NNW
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999121211889899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9671717149483030161515142914101212165076767699129
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
30
E
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
W
5
E
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassoffglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40PM
2.91
8:18AM
2.81
8:15PM
3.00
8:46AM
2.92
8:47PM
3.06
9:12AM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.22
2:15PM
0.50
2:36AM
0.14
2:49PM
0.38
3:07AM
0.12
3:20PM
0.30
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----7:56-------8:00-------8:02---
Sunset------5:58-------5:54-------5:52-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------22----1--22---
Temp. °C101011111112121212121212131312121212121111121212
Feels °C (?)66532333345611121111121111119101010
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Point of Ness (light winds from the S at Wick Airport 25 km from Point of Ness). 0.5m 10s swell from the N with a 0.1m 8s swell from the WNW and a 0.1m 10s swell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
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0.0
13.0
Air / Water (°C)
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