Whitby Surf Forecast

/ North East England (54 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (54.49° N 0.62° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Whitby surfForecast / North East England / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 BST

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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 12.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whitby today?

The current surf forecast for Whitby at 5AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Evening (17 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	11s

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

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		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	23	23	33	32	31	28	26	22	21	17	18	133	158	194	191	187	177	170	127	127	98	103	178	286
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	N	NE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:39AM 4.81				2:31PM 4.87				2:35AM 5.07				3:15PM 5.06				3:18AM 5.29				3:50PM 5.20
Low Tide / height (m)	7:45PM 2.47				8:16AM 1.63				8:39PM 2.20				9:05AM 1.37				9:20PM 1.94				9:44AM 1.21

		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
Temp. °C	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	12	13	11	12
Feels °C (?)	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	5	5	6	6	7	4	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Whitby (light winds from the WNW at Fylingdales 15 km from Whitby). 0.6m 6s windswell from the N to make surfable waves.
53 minutes ago Whitby

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Actual: 53 min ago

7 km/h

WNW

Clean

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