Tang Head surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 BST
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Tang Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tang Head sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tang Head today?

The current surf forecast for Tang Head at 12PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.2
NW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.5
W
0.4
NNW
0.4
W
0.3
W
Period(s) (?)1099991014141467778791099910999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68434226262066651022073023533223441313272781761037045312615
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
40
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
E
25
ESE
30
SE
35
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:27PM
2.41
4:43AM
2.32
5:07PM
2.44
6:19AM
2.39
6:28PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
1.08
10:03PM
0.94
10:49AM
1.18
11:47PM
0.85
12:17PM
1.05
12:58AM
0.61
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise-6:39-------6:43-------6:45------
Sunset-----7:34-------7:30-------7:28--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
153-111--11-1-------1---
Temp. °C121213131313131212121313131313121212121312141413
Feels °C (?)44657886545567899977510109
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Tang Head (strong winds from the ENE at Wick Airport 24 km from Tang Head). 0.5m 9s swell from the W with a 0.1m 10s swell from the NNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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24 km away, 1 h 58 min ago

41 km/h
ENE
0.0
13.9
Air / Water (°C)
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