The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

Issued: 12 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is

12.9° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Bowl today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with WNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with W swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 6PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 12					Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed 15
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 7	W 7	W 7	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	W 8	WNW 9	WNW 10	WNW 12	WNW 10	W 11	W 11	WNW 11	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10
Wave Graph
kJ	68	63	43	41	29	28	28	26	51	50	45	44	29	65	135	258	123	256	242	194	164	125	94	92
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	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	7:09AM4.50m				7:42PM4.70m				8:15AM4.66m				8:36PM4.92m				9:14AM4.82m				9:27PM5.10m
Low Tide			1:33PM1.67m				2:06AM1.53m				2:27PM1.53m				2:58AM1.22m				3:16PM1.44m				3:47AM0.99m


	4:24	—	—	—	—	—	4:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:28	—
	—	—	—	—	10:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10:12	—	—	10:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	13	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	15
Feels °C	11	11	9	10	9	8	8	8	10	11	12	10	10	10	11	10	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 7	W 7	W 7	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	W 8	WNW 9	WNW 10	WNW 12	WNW 10	W 11	W 11	WNW 11	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10
kJ	68	63	43	41	29	28	28	26	51	50	45	44	29	65	135	258	123	256	242	194	164	125	94	92
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NNW 6	NE 7	NNW 6	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	W 21	W 21	W 15	E 7	WNW 9	W 14	E 6	E 6	W 12	—	—	—	W 18	W 18	W 18	W 18
kJ	2	2	4	2	4	8	8	15	9	9	4	1	8	15	1	1	106	—	—	—	6	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 7	—	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 6	W 21	W 21	—	W 15	W 14	E 6	W 19	W 19	W 19	W 19	—	—	—	—	E 6	E 6
kJ	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	9	9	—	4	15	1	7	7	7	7	—	—	—	—	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 2	E 2	—	—	—	—	E 6	—	E 2	E 2	ESE 2	ESE 2	—	—	—	—	E 2	ESE 3	ESE 3	ESE 2	ESE 2	ESE 2
kJ	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	1	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Eoropie (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Melvich Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Point of Ness Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso Beach Scot - North Coast	Thurso Beach Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast	Brims Ness Scot - North Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	9	16	51	479	17	157	17	0	0	16	170	82	0	0	0	0	0	16	9	9	8	8	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland - North Coast	Thurso East	Point of Ness			Melvich		Sandwood Bay	Thurso Reef	Thurso East	Sandwood Bay		Sandwood Bay	Thurso Reef	Thurso East	Thurso East	Thurso East	Thurso East	Armadale Bay	Thurso East	Thurso East	Thurso East	Thurso East	Thurso East	Thurso East
Rating (10 max)	1	1			1		1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Mangersta Sands (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Ruhba Phail (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Nigg Bay Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Treyarnon Cornwall (North)	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Godrevy Cornwall (North)	Godrevy Cornwall (North)	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Saviskaill Bay Scot - Orkney	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Polzeath Cornwall (North)	Godrevy Cornwall (North)
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	7	8	9	9	8	5	9	6	6	7	6	4	4

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