Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tang Head today (24 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 9s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Tang Head at 11AM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Jul) | 7ft (2.1m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (24 Jul) | 8ft (2.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (24 Jul) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Tang Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Sat morning, light winds from the W by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 547 | 675 | 726 | 817 | 908 | 868 | 766 | 909 | 1129 | 1559 | 3374 | 2758 | 2088 | 1658 | 1220 | 928 | 628 | 500 | 424 | 349 | 294 | 240 | 240 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 5:15AM2.32m | 5:53PM2.36m | 6:24AM2.34m | 6:54PM2.45m | 7:26AM2.42m | 7:47PM2.59m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:49AM1.12m | 00:29AM1.10m | 12:53PM1.06m | 1:26AM0.96m | 1:42PM0.94m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | | |  | | | | | |  | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | |
 | 4:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 9:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:49 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | W 10 | S 4 | — | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 9 | NW 11 | S 5 | S 5 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | N 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 10 |
| kJ | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 928 | 628 | 500 | 424 | 349 | 294 | 240 | 240 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | — | — | — | W 11 | W 11 | WNW 11 | — | — | SE 6 | S 5 | N 8 | S 7 | NE 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 59 | 78 | 86 | 133 | 183 | 190 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | E 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 6 | — | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | WNW 11 | — | NE 9 | NE 9 | NNE 11 | NNE 10 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 11 | — | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | — | NW 3 | NW 3 | — |
| kJ | 547 | 675 | 726 | 817 | 908 | 868 | 766 | 909 | 1129 | 1559 | 3374 | 2758 | 2088 | 1658 | 1220 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 435 | 435 | 859 | 1122 | 1122 | 1294 | 435 | 435 | 834 | 658 | 658 | 648 | 680 | 593 | 307 | 69 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland - North Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tang Head surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest