Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.65° N 3.24° W

Tang Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tang Head sea temperature is
13.1°C
1.2° 

Tang Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tang Head today (04 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Tang Head at 11PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)13s

Table - waves today at Tang Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Sun night, moderate winds from the SW by Tue night).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
12
3
W
13
3
W
13
3
W
13
3
W
12
3.5
W
12
3.5
W
12
4
W
11
4
WNW
12
4
WNW
13
4
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
13
3
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
11
2.4
WNW
11
2.2
WNW
11
2
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2440
2696
3018
3018
3114
2934
3092
3575
4641
5429
5343
4167
2816
2274
1714
1400
1267
1027
899
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
45
WSW
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:28PM2.45m
4:51AM2.31m
5:03PM2.54m
6:14AM2.44m
6:15PM2.73m
Low Tide
10:09PM0.86m
10:45AM1.14m
11:43PM0.68m
12:07PM0.96m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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7:24
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7:26
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6:38
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6:36
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6:32
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 mm
2
1
1
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Temp °C
15
15
15
15
15
15
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
10
10
Feels °C
9
9
8
8
7
6
4
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
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