Tang Head Surf Forecast

/ Scot – North Coast (31 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tang Head surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tang Head today?

The current surf forecast for Tang Head at 2AM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	9s
Evening (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s

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

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	W	W	W	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Period(s) (?)	9	17	15	15	14	10	9	7	7	11	10	10	10	9	6	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	25	24	1024	2117	4089	4282	1654	434	163	251	277	250	181	70	109	216	253	137	207	439	766	508	395	295
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	SSE	S	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					7:24AM 2.55				7:25PM 2.82				8:11AM 2.70				8:08PM 3.00				8:47AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58AM 0.61					1:16PM 0.83				1:48AM 0.36				2:00PM 0.61				2:29AM 0.16				2:38PM 0.43

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels °C (?)	9	10	7	6	6	3	5	6	7	10	10	9	7	8	10	9	9	8	0	1	2	2	2	3

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tang Head (moderate winds from the SSW at Wick Airport 24 km from Tang Head). 0.6m 8s swell from the WSW with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the WNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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24 km away, 1 h 6 min ago

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14.0

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