Shitpipe Surf Forecast

/ Scot – North Coast (31 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

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Shitpipe surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 BST

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

Today's Shitpipe 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 Shitpipe today?

The current surf forecast for Shitpipe at 7AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

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		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	SE	SE	SE	N	ESE	N	N	WSW	W	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	5	10	5	9	9	12	12	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	129	99	102	106	109	111	89	94	96	71	71	71	49	119	156	110	16	102	15	14	14	11	16	26
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	WNW	SW
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	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)					7:51AM 4.50				7:44PM 4.72				8:25AM 4.63				8:21PM 4.86				8:54AM 4.72
Low Tide / height (m)			1:21AM 1.51				1:37PM 1.98				2:01AM 1.35				2:13PM 1.77				2:35AM 1.27				2:46PM 1.60

		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Temp. °C	9	10	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	5	7	6	6	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	7	8	10	12	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Shitpipe (light winds from the SSW at Wick Airport 31 km from Shitpipe). 0.7m 10s swell from the N with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the W and a 0.2m 7s swell from the WNW as well as a 0.2m 10s swell from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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31 km away, 48 min ago

7 km/h

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13.0

Air / Water (°C)

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