Strathy Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 GMT
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Strathy Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Strathy Bay sea temperature is
9.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Strathy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Strathy Bay at 3AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
4
WSW
5
W
5
W
Period(s) (?)121211141312121111111010101010101112121112121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8277866637791060846714641661566377188153194164179311430748849879450169795771
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
50
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
40
SSE
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
40
S
35
S
50
SW
50
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
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
3.03
1:00PM
3.26
1:49AM
2.89
1:59PM
3.01
2:51AM
2.80
3:06PM
2.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34PM
0.67
6:41AM
1.13
7:23PM
0.95
7:36AM
1.34
8:20PM
1.17
8:47AM
1.46
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----8:59-------8:57-------8:56---
Sunset------3:47-------3:48-------3:51-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------13------------
Temp. °C232322213344556667777676
Feels °C (?)-3-4-5-4-5-5-5-6-4-5-6-7-5-4-1-2-310-1-2-3-4-6
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