The Bowl surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 BST
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The Bowl surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Bowl today?

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 1PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (17 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (17 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s

Table - waves today at The Bowl. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.7
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.6
N
1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)71010991191010101010101010101010101099912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33941491341328917117917914514815412512596967149482928151527
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
4.33
7:00PM
4.51
7:51AM
4.50
7:44PM
4.72
8:25AM
4.63
8:21PM
4.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
2.23
1:21AM
1.51
1:37PM
1.98
2:01AM
1.35
2:13PM
1.77
2:35AM
1.27
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise--------7:56-------7:58-------
Sunset--6:04-------6:01-------5:59-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------11--2
Temp. °C10101010101099910119999111111111111121212
Feels °C (?)776667776685554433323566
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update light winds from the E at Stornoway Airport mean that is clean at Sandwood Bay. 0.6m 7s swell from the NNW with a 0.3m 10s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Air / Water (°C)
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