The Harbour surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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The Harbour surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Harbour sea temperature is
7.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for The Harbour at 7AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
E
0.8
SE
1.3
ESE
1.7
ESE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)666688776666666655565667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)373023161673897576726972616169694931193926104235356
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
S
25
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
3.77
12:25AM
3.72
12:33PM
3.94
1:05AM
3.84
1:10PM
4.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
1.68
6:10PM
1.49
6:17AM
1.55
6:50PM
1.29
6:55AM
1.42
7:26PM
1.11
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:34-------8:33-------8:32-----
Sunset----4:00-------4:01-------4:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C433566566778798777667876
Feels °C (?)10-101102223425444420221-1
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