St Andrews Surf Forecast

/ Scot – East Coast (44 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (56.34° N 2.79° W)

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St Andrews surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 BST

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

Today's St Andrews sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at St Andrews today?

The current surf forecast for St Andrews at 4AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Afternoon (27 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s
Evening (27 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

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		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	23	17	15	25	20	18	39	47	40	33	34	27	25	20	25	28	28	21	22	22	13	9	8	9
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	ESE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				5:09AM 4.59				5:37PM 4.17				5:43AM 4.35				6:08PM 3.95				6:19AM 4.06				6:41PM 3.70
Low Tide / height (m)		10:51PM 0.60				11:16AM 0.34				11:24PM 0.72				11:48AM 0.62				11:57PM 0.89				12:21PM 0.94

		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	15	17	16	15	14	13	14	14	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	15	16	17	17
Feels °C (?)	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	11	13	14	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 9 km from Aberdeen has become light (light winds from the S.(Wind varies from 160 to 220 degs) at Aberdeen/Dyce Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Aberdeen. 0.9m 6s windswell from the SSE with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 23 minutes ago Aberdeen

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Actual: 43 min ago

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