Whitby surf break

Whitby surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 27 Feb 2026 GMT
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Whitby surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whitby sea temperature is
7.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whitby today?

The current surf forecast for Whitby at 10PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (27 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.4
NE
0.8
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
Period(s) (?)599345677776666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)366322741262302001641137946231153249547799116120120
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
10
NNW
5
S
15
SW
15
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30PM
4.49
1:20AM
4.72
1:42PM
4.81
2:23AM
5.00
2:37PM
5.16
3:12AM
5.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
1.91
7:44AM
2.10
8:13PM
1.48
8:38AM
1.79
9:04PM
1.08
9:22AM
1.52
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:54-------6:52-------6:50-
Sunset5:32-------5:35-------5:37-------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C98776666664356781110101098811
Feels °C (?)6443-1001230-2-1-11253310-104
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