St Andrews surf break

St Andrews surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 15 Sep 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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 15). 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 (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)77777667888778776101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)685962372946581051351256037131387615214955646755
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
15
SE
20
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
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-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
3.67
9:21PM
3.47
10:25AM
3.54
10:50PM
3.52
11:49AM
3.65
12:03AM
3.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
1.58
3:29AM
1.36
4:30PM
1.74
5:21AM
1.26
6:04PM
1.58
6:37AM
0.95
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:45-------6:47
Sunset---7:30-------7:27-------7:24----
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1-23-----------1------
Temp. °C131515141313111013161715121111111212151514131211
Feels °C (?)9101081011868910108881099131311977
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at St Andrews (fresh winds from the W at Leuchars 6 km from St Andrews). 0.8m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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30 km/h
W
Cross-Off
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