The Left surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
13.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Left today?

The current surf forecast for The Left at 1AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)6s
Afternoon (16 Sep)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)7ft (2.2m)9s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
2.3
WNW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)1414146777899999999916161515131110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)243259319380630562656791897885909741517416337235206906409346255675586547322396
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
20
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
20
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
20
S
20
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
50
SW
45
WSW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
2.25
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
Sunrise---6:43-------6:46-------6:48----
Sunset-------7:32-------7:30-------7:27
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----11-------1----------
Temp. °C121212121313131312121211131214141414141414151514
Feels °C (?)8654666791010785910108755576
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Left (light winds from the WNW at Wick Airport 37 km from The Left). 1.2m 5s windswell from the NNW with a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the NNW and a 0.4m 12s groundswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
WNW
0.0
13.9
Air / Water (°C)
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