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Tang Head surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 06 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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tang Head today?

The current surf forecast for Tang Head at 3AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)7771088121211111110101514141114121313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4734374884775010389191146135981655013043194806171018878825672555
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
40
E
30
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
15
WSW
5
S
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
2.84
11:04AM
3.26
11:47PM
2.69
11:49AM
3.09
12:34AM
2.54
12:35PM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
0.36
5:30PM
0.08
5:33AM
0.53
6:14PM
0.28
6:16AM
0.72
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-----9:00------8:59-------8:57---
Sunset------3:37-------3:40-------3:41-
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
222-1-------1-----------
Temp. °C433454431111233442223444
Feels °C (?)-5-7-5-3-3-4-4-5-4-2-4-4-5-4-3-2-2-4-4-4-2-1-1-3
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