Tang Head surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 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
7.3° 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 12PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.8m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (31 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (31 Mar)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
7
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)161514141413131313121212111111111013121211111116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)678149403989309125442187212320582217201214801291937711572573453998878821504334218206
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
5
N
5
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
onononononononononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
3.10
9:01PM
2.93
8:59AM
3.19
9:31PM
3.02
9:33AM
3.23
9:59PM
3.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
0.48
2:45PM
0.02
2:56AM
0.31
3:20PM
-0.06
3:31AM
0.21
3:52PM
-0.05
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset-----7:51-------7:52-------7:54--
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-1-------1232----------2
Temp. °C6912131312111111654466554555555
Feels °C (?)256766556-1-2-3-3-2-2-3-201-1-3-4-4-2
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