The Left surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 BST
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The Left surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Left sea temperature is
7.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Left today?

The current surf forecast for The Left at 12PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 09). 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 (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (09 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
1
3
3
5
0
3
7
6
6
6
3
2
0
0
0
2
4
5
4
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
W
2.4
W
2
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)121111121414141515151515151514141413131318161513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1575101992213203408459254466356542181157716696266315703437432932312153512101162294630801765891
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
NW
20
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
35
WNW
35
W
25
W
25
WSW
10
W
20
ESE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
55
SE
50
SSE
35
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
4.10
2:00PM
3.77
2:17AM
3.90
3:31PM
3.65
3:47AM
3.82
5:08PM
3.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
2.33
7:54PM
2.63
8:54AM
2.50
9:22PM
2.80
10:37AM
2.48
11:12PM
2.73
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:20-------6:16-------6:13------
Sunset-----8:13-------8:15-------8:16--
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-112---1---------41-----
Temp. °C1187687565467765565667766
Feels °C (?)852-10-1-1-3-4-3-120-4-6-6-6-6-2121-2-4
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