The Bowl surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Bowl today?

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 9PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
6
5
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
2.2
W
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
1.7
NNW
2.1
W
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)10101312121111111111111112121212121111118101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15816132441638335711912947435338422597246950233769294316491142681114415971008227017721230
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
55
S
50
SSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
60
SW
45
SW
30
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
ESE
5
SSW
25
NW
30
W
40
WNW
35
W
40
WNW
40
W
40
W
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
4.18
3:17AM
3.91
3:23PM
4.00
4:22AM
3.93
4:37PM
3.92
5:25AM
4.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
2.19
9:19AM
2.58
10:03PM
2.31
10:41AM
2.54
11:09PM
2.32
11:48AM
2.37
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------8:56-------8:55-------8:53-
Sunset3:47-------3:48-------3:51-------
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1-----------2511-111--
Temp. °C677898877665554446554445
Feels °C (?)-2-1-4-2-3-4-4-6-6-5-10222-3-3-3-4-4-6-6-3-1
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