The Bowl surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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
14.0° 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 9AM is: 2.2m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)7ft (2.2m)6s
Afternoon (16 Sep)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
5
6
3
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
2.1
WNW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2
N
2
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
1.3
W
3
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)14667789999999991616151413111087
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3043085155216837977957878176665084092912352061275437850905741544833201858963535
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
15
NNW
5
N
10
ENE
15
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
40
SW
45
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
3.98
5:03PM
4.05
6:17AM
4.09
6:25PM
4.25
7:27AM
4.32
7:25PM
4.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
2.51
11:40PM
2.10
12:16PM
2.40
12:52AM
1.80
1:15PM
2.17
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:43-------6:46-------6:48------
Sunset-----7:32-------7:30-------7:27--
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--111-------------------
Temp. °C121213131312121212111312141413131414141616141313
Feels °C (?)546666911108858119879997557
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at The Bowl (moderate winds from the WNW at Wick Airport 38 km from The Bowl). 1.8m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 9s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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38 km away, 45 min ago

26 km/h
WNW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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