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Tang Head surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tang Head today?

The current surf forecast for Tang Head at 8AM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)7ft (2.2m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)171616161515141414141313121212121111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3237273424191903154713581208116386970458139830923923217716011611411076727148
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
2.64
7:30PM
2.59
7:47AM
2.80
8:11PM
2.68
8:24AM
2.95
8:48PM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
0.75
1:37AM
0.72
2:02PM
0.57
2:12AM
0.57
2:38PM
0.40
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:49-------8:48-------8:47-----
Sunset----3:55-------3:56-------3:59---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C554565555567777876776677
Feels °C (?)220120-100-101223431220-100
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