St Andrews surf break

St Andrews surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 17 Oct 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
13.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at St Andrews today?

The current surf forecast for St Andrews at 4AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (17 Oct)1ft (0.3m)5s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.9
ESE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.9
SE
2.2
SE
2.3
SE
Period(s) (?)77661212115551111111111111010666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4443333445121325484729283659118196303447539
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
3.83
12:33PM
3.86
12:34AM
4.07
1:17PM
4.06
1:18AM
4.27
1:53PM
4.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
0.89
6:38PM
1.37
7:03AM
0.66
7:18PM
1.11
7:39AM
0.50
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----7:45-------7:48-------7:50---
Sunset------6:06-------6:02-------6:00-
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part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------245
Temp. °C1099101011121212121110101212121111101011111111
Feels °C (?)866781010109887789988655544
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the WNW at Aberdeen/Dyce Airport 9 km from Aberdeen). Surf should be turning clean at Aberdeen. No surfable waves

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1 h 17 min ago

7 km/h
W
Clean
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