Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at St Andrews today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NNE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for St Andrews at 11PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at St Andrews. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 7 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 9 | N 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 24 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off |
High Tide | 6:06PM3.92m | 6:31AM3.88m | 6:45PM3.61m | 7:21AM3.51m | 7:37PM3.32m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:02AM0.88m | 12:24PM1.20m | 00:42AM1.19m | 1:06PM1.56m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Feels °C | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 9 | N 9 |
| kJ | 24 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | S 5 | — | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 11 | — | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SW 4 | WSW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | — | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 11 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 65 | 105 | 40 | 145 | 167 | 165 | 693 | 785 | 842 | 832 | 832 | 541 | 832 | 651 | 296 | 282 | 254 | 254 | 272 |
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