Silos surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Silos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Silos sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Silos today?

The current surf forecast for Silos at 9AM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
3
WSW
4.5
W
5
W
3.5
W
2.2
W
0.9
N
1.8
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.3
N
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.8
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
1.9
N
2.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)151510109710101010997881089999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178237713970480417825071486377686744772872043342736121147134212881316111410496541023
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
40
SW
55
WSW
55
WSW
50
W
35
W
25
W
10
W
10
SSE
25
S
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
40
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffonononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
2.55
7:25PM
2.82
8:11AM
2.70
8:08PM
3.00
8:47AM
2.83
8:44PM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.83
1:48AM
0.36
2:00PM
0.61
2:29AM
0.16
2:38PM
0.43
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:48-------6:50-------6:52------
Sunset-----7:25-------7:22-------7:20--
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415151413121211131415151412111111101011101011
Feels °C (?)7654568109888998778133212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind at Sandwood Bay have swung cross-off (light winds from the SSW at Lochinver 44 km from Sandwood Bay). 4.4m 8s swell from the SW with a 0.9m 11s groundswell from the NNW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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25 km away, 1 h 34 min ago

30 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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