Strathy Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 27 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
8.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Strathy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Strathy Bay at 3PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (27 Jan)5ft (1.5m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.7
ESE
0.7
W
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)1616181716161817161616151514141414146135666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)406620405115611498271068171613171115935635510411399306243250179171174190225208
Wind
(km/h)
50
ESE
55
ESE
55
ESE
60
ESE
55
ESE
55
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
3.12
3:13AM
2.97
3:48PM
3.07
4:35AM
3.08
5:13PM
3.18
5:46AM
3.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
1.18
8:54PM
1.04
9:34AM
1.19
10:22PM
1.06
11:03AM
1.00
11:38PM
0.91
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise8:33-------8:30-------8:29-------
Sunset--4:23-------4:25-------4:28-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1311---------------
Temp. °C444444455666666656544454
Feels °C (?)-8-9-9-9-9-8-7-5-4-100-1-2-1-2-2-2-3-5-4-5-3-5
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