White Sands surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 BST
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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
7.7° 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 6AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)8775556666666556666533-7
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3229281830252022161398533111110001
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
4.55
2:53PM
4.76
3:22AM
4.68
3:35PM
4.87
4:01AM
4.70
4:20PM
4.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
0.04
8:45AM
0.38
9:07PM
-0.10
9:23AM
0.17
9:47PM
-0.09
10:03AM
0.08
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:00-------5:58-------5:56----
Sunset-------8:19-------8:21-------8:22
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C1010101011111312101098101211119765710109
Feels °C (?)455564674442364422102667
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