Whitby surf break

Whitby surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
9.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whitby today?

The current surf forecast for Whitby at 2PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 05). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
1.7
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
1.1
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)1010101077888776666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5150493143953734445835412281543413743337951312010
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
30
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
55
SSE
40
SE
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
S
20
SSE
30
SE
30
S
45
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52PM
5.61
4:16AM
5.72
4:39PM
5.64
5:09AM
5.64
5:27PM
5.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
1.03
10:10PM
0.97
10:35AM
1.12
11:00PM
0.91
11:23AM
1.30
11:51PM
0.95
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise8:04-------8:07-------8:07-------
Sunset--3:38-------3:38-------3:37-----
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
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part cloud
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cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----322----1------22----
Temp. °C567767998109101010998910121110109
Feels °C (?)-1-1-1-3-6-2233655575544472221
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