Tang Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.65° N 3.24° W

Tang Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tang Head sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.1° 

Tang Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tang Head today (25 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tang Head at 12AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 24). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)--
Afternoon (25 Aug)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (25 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Mon
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
1.3
W
11
1.3
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.1
W
10
1
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.5
W
8
0.5
W
8
0.4
W
8
0.4
W
8
0.2
WNW
8
0.3
W
8
0.3
W
8
0.3
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
460
452
381
374
296
244
210
133
92
87
64
34
33
21
19
6
10
10
10
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:29PM2.56m
8:02AM2.49m
8:11PM2.77m
8:40AM2.63m
8:45PM2.95m
Low Tide
1:23PM1.03m
1:53AM0.80m
2:02PM0.82m
2:29AM0.56m
2:35PM0.62m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:37
8:34
8:30
 mm
Temp °C
16
15
14
13
13
12
13
14
14
13
12
12
12
13
14
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
12
10
9
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
12
11
10
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest