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White Sands surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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White Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's White Sands sea temperature is
7.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Sands today?

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 1PM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.3
SE
0.3
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
1
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)666587766666565555666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6633151335243141282430312320113724365079130
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
3.56
12:52PM
3.70
1:20AM
3.73
1:34PM
3.93
2:01AM
3.89
2:11PM
4.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
1.31
7:04PM
1.07
7:20AM
1.12
7:44PM
0.83
7:56AM
0.94
8:21PM
0.61
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:30-------8:29-------8:27-----
Sunset----4:08-------4:09-------4:12---
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------21----------11
Temp. °C444565555457776665567667
Feels °C (?)010031111-123432232123223
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