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Tang Head surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 10 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
8.6° 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 11PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
3
WSW
3
W
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
Period(s) (?)121211111010101010101013121211111111101212111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4093893383262491589268696987212292221588828843187516573415264918071128816
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
45
SSE
65
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
55
SSE
60
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
WSW
40
W
35
W
30
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
2.66
2:17AM
2.32
2:24PM
2.46
3:16AM
2.27
3:29PM
2.34
4:19AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.76
8:00AM
1.10
8:49PM
0.96
9:16AM
1.21
10:03PM
1.08
10:43AM
1.21
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------8:56-------8:55-------8:52-
Sunset3:42-------3:45-------3:47-------
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1----3121-1111---11-----
Temp. °C454554457788978887866556
Feels °C (?)-5-3-4-4-6-10-9-7-4-4-3-4-1-4-2-2-1-2-1-3-1012
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