Silos surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 16 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 12AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (17 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
4
0
4
1
0
1
3
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.5
W
2.2
W
3
WSW
4
W
5
W
5
W
3.5
W
2.2
W
1.5
WNW
1.3
NW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)789999999991715151411111087121099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41660268660653344138023519412697137226935225851550060062215588206448625528348
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
5
NNW
0
ENE
10
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
20
W
5
SSW
15
S
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
2.44
6:19AM
2.39
6:28PM
2.61
7:24AM
2.55
7:25PM
2.82
8:11AM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.85
12:17PM
1.05
12:58AM
0.61
1:16PM
0.83
1:48AM
0.36
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:45-------6:48-------6:50--
Sunset-7:31-------7:29-------7:25------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1------------1--
Temp. °C131212121212131313141414141415161514131212121416
Feels °C (?)668111210866109987677668119910
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Silos (light winds from the WNW at Wick Airport 25 km from Silos). 1.5m 9s swell from the NNW with a 1.4m 10s swell from the NW and a 0.6m 8s swell from the W as well as a 0.5m 11s groundswell, also from the W. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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25 km away, 47 min ago

13 km/h
WNW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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