Sandside Bay Surf Forecast

/ Scot – North Coast (31 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Sandside Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 BST

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Sandside Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sandside Bay sea temperature is 14.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandside Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandside Bay at 11AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Afternoon (04 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (04 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

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	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun 07
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	128	141	131	96	89	92	82	99	52	105	119	203	229	262	268	268	428	789	890	774	682	620	720	694
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SW	WSW	WNW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	S	S	S	S	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:56AM 2.87					7:10PM 3.16				7:39AM 3.14				7:48PM 3.48				8:17AM 3.41				8:22PM 3.79
Low Tide / height (m)				12:59PM 1.14					1:29AM 0.83				1:40PM 0.85				2:07AM 0.46				2:17PM 0.58

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun 07
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	14	16	16	15	13	12	11	10	14	16	17	16	15	14	14	13	15	18	18	15	14	13
Feels °C (?)	9	8	11	13	14	14	11	9	8	7	10	12	12	14	12	11	12	10	12	14	15	12	12	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Sandside Bay (light winds from the SW at Wick Airport 42 km from Sandside Bay). 0.7m 4s local chop from the W with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the WNW and a 0.2m 10s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
37 minutes ago Sandside Bay

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42 km away, 37 min ago

13 km/h

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14.4

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