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Silos surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 GMTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
10.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Silos today?
The current surf forecast for Silos at 7PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 20s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (GMT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 7ft (2.2m) | 13s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 8ft (2.5m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Silos. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1654 | 1391 | 4272 | 5088 | 5313 | 4831 | 6106 | 7483 | 8087 | 7836 | 7326 | 8626 | 11061 | 11429 | 10215 | 8072 | 6198 | 7414 | 8985 | 7565 | 5064 | 4035 | 4485 | 5078 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross- off | off | cross | glass | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:20PM 2.77 | 2:26AM 2.31 | 2:23PM 2.63 | 3:29AM 2.30 | 3:27PM 2.53 | 4:27AM 2.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:51PM 0.60 | 7:58AM 1.08 | 8:59PM 0.72 | 9:14AM 1.15 | 10:08PM 0.78 | 10:31AM 1.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:56 | - |
| Sunset | 3:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
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